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string
http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions
A module with the XQuery/XPath Core Library Functions
string
string($arg as item()?) xs:string
Returns the value of $arg as xs:string. If the value of $arg is the empty sequence, the zero-length string is returned. If the context item of $arg is undefined, an error is raised.
$arg
The sequence to get the vaule of as an xs:string
Returns the value of $arg as an xs:string
string
string() xs:string
Returns the value of the context item as xs:string. If the context item is undefined, an error is raised.
Returns the value of the context item as an xs:string
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