local-name-from-QName function

The fn:local-name-from-QName function returns the local part of an xs:QName value.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramfn:local-name-from-QName( qualified-name)
qualified-name
The qualified name from which the local part is to be retrieved.

qualified-name has the xs:QName data type, or is the empty sequence.

Returned value

If qualified-name is not the empty sequence, the value that is returned is an xs:NCName value that is the local part of qualified-name. If qualified-name is the empty sequence, the empty sequence is returned.

Example

The following function returns the local part of a qualified name.
fn:local-name-from-QName(fn:QName("http://www.mycompany.com/", "ns:employee"))

The returned value is "employee".