sum

sum($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*) → xs:anyAtomicType

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence of values to be totalled

Result

xs:anyAtomicType

sum($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*, $zero as xs:anyAtomicType?) → xs:anyAtomicType?

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence of values to be totalled

 

$zero

xs:anyAtomicType?

The value to return if the input sequence is empty (default integer zero)

Result

xs:anyAtomicType?

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