XPath String Functions

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11/18/2015

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String functions perform evaluations, format and manipulate string arguments, or convert an object to a string.

The following table shows the String functions implemented by XPath.

Function	Description
concat Function	Returns the concatenation of the arguments.
contains Function	Returns True if the first argument string contains the second argument string; otherwise returns False.
normalize-space Function	Returns the argument string with the white space stripped.
starts-with Function	Returns True if the first argument string starts with the second argument string; otherwise returns False.
string Function (XML Query Language)	Converts an object to a string.
string-length Function	Returns the number of characters in the string.
substring Function	Returns the substring of the first argument starting at the position specified in the second argument and the length specified in the third argument.
substring-after Function	Returns the substring of the first argument string that follows the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string.
substring-before Function	Returns the substring of the first argument string that precedes the first occurrence of the second argument string in the first argument string.
translate Function	Returns the first argument string with occurrences of characters in the second argument string replaced by the character at the corresponding position in the third argument string.

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XPath Functions