fn:deep-equal

Compares two sequences for deep equality; string values are compared using the specified collation; nodes are compared for deep equality of names and content.

deep-equal($parameter1 as item()*, $parameter2 as item()*) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$parameter1	item()*	The first value to be compared
	$parameter2	item()*	The second value to be compared
Result		xs:boolean

deep-equal($parameter1 as item()*, $parameter2 as item()*, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$parameter1	item()*	The first value to be compared
	$parameter2	item()*	The second value to be compared
	$collation	xs:string	The collation to be used whenever strings are compared
Result		xs:boolean

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The Saxon implementation handles maps as described for the deep-equal specification in the XSLT 3.0 working draft.

A Saxon-specific variant of this function is also available, with additional comparison options: see saxon:deep-equal.

See also:

saxon:deep-equal()