substring

substring($sourceString as xs:string?, $start as xs:double) → xs:string

Arguments

 

$sourceString

xs:string?

The input string

 

$start

xs:double

The position of the first character of the input string to be included in the result

Result

xs:string

substring($sourceString as xs:string?, $start as xs:double, $length as xs:double) → xs:string

Arguments

 

$sourceString

xs:string?

The input string

 

$start

xs:double

The position of the first character of the input string to be included in the result

 

$length

xs:double

The number of characters to be included in the result

Result

xs:string

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