Name

append — Creates an sequence of all items from given sequences.

Synopsis

sequence append ( seq1 sequence ,
seq2 sequence ,
... ,
seqN sequence );

Description

This function calculates all given arguments from left to right, and creates a sequence which contains all items of the first calculated sequence, then all items of the second calculated sequence and so on, preserving the order of items from every sequence. The result is identical to the result of XQUERY "comma operator".

This function is not a part of XPATH 1.0 or XQUERY 1.0 libraries of standard functions.

Parameters

SeqI

The sequence of items to be placed into the resulting sequence

Return Types

Sequence

Examples

Example24.563.

append(/abstract, /chapter, /appendix/section)

See Also

tuple