remove

Removes the item at a given position in a sequence

remove($target as item()*, $position as xs:integer) ➔ item()*

Arguments

 

$target

item()*

The input sequence, from which an item is to be removed

 

$position

xs:integer

The position of the item to be removed

Result

item()*

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.