Node-Set Functions (Windows CE 5.0)
Node-Set functions take a node-set argument, return a node set, or return/provide information about a particular node within a node set.
The following table shows the Node-Set functions implemented by XPath.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| count | Returns the number of nodes in the node-setargument. |
| document | Provides a way to retrieve other XML resources from within the XSL Transformations (XSLT) style sheet beyond the initial data provided by the input stream. |
| id | Selects elements by their unique ID. |
| key | Retrieves elements previously marked with an xsl:key statement. |
| last | Returns a number equal to context size of the expression evaluation context. |
| local-name | Returns the local part of the expanded name of the node in the node-setargument that is first in document order. |
| name | Returns a string containing a Qualified Name representing the expanded name of the node in the node-set argument that is first in document order. |
| namespace-uri | Returns the name space Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the expanded name of the node in the node-set argument that is first in document order. |
| position | Returns the index number of the node within the parent. |
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