Return local name of node.

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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Syntax

fn:local-name(node $node) => string

Description

This function returns the local part of the name of $node. If $node has no name, because it is a document node, a comment node, or a text node, the function returns a string of length zero.

Argument

$node	node

Examples

• Retrieve local name from element nodes:

  let $a := input()/bib/book[1]
  return local-name($a)

  This query returns the string value "book"

• Retrieve local name from comment nodes:

  for $a in input()//comment()
  return local-name($a)

  This query returns as many zero-length string values as there are comment nodes in the current collection.