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fn:local-name-from-QName

The local part of a QName

Description

The fn:local-name-from-QName function returns the local part of an xs:QName. If you want to retrieve the local part of an element or attribute name, you should consider using the fn:local-name function instead; it requires one less step

This description is © Copyright 2007, O'Reilly Media. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.

Arguments and Return Type

Examples

local-name-from-QName(
   QName('http://datypic.com/prod', 'number'))

number

local-name-from-QName(QName ('', 'number'))

number

local-name-from-QName( () )

()

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