saxon:unescape-NCName

Reverses the escaping performed by the saxon:escape-NCName function.

unescape-NCName($input as xs:NCName) ➔ xs:string

Arguments

 

$input

xs:NCName

The escaped string to be converted back to its original form

Result

xs:string

Namespace

http://saxon.sf.net/

Saxon availability

Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Implemented since Saxon 11.

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Available since Saxon 11.

Details

If the supplied string is valid according to the escaping rules of the saxon:escape-NCName function, then the original string is returned.

For example:

  • saxon:unescape-NCName(xs:NCName("_")) returns ""
  • saxon:unescape-NCName(xs:NCName("__")) returns "_"
  • saxon:unescape-NCName(xs:NCName("phone_20_number")) returns "phone number"

If the string is invalid according to these rules, a dynamic error is raised (FORG0001).

Hex digits a-f may be uppercase or lowercase, and leading zeroes are accepted in hex codepoint values.

See also:

saxon:escape-NCName()