fn:normalize-space

normalize-space() ➔ xs:string

Eliminates redundant spaces from the string value of the context item.

There are no arguments

Result

xs:string

normalize-space($arg as xs:string?) ➔ xs:string

Eliminates redundant spaces from the supplied string.

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:string?

The string to be normalized

Result

xs:string

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions.