Re: [xsl] Does starts-with() convert the strings to codepoints?

["Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/07/2024 14:08, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a question about the meaning of the starts-with() function. Consider
the strings in these two elements:
> <Airport_Name>B &amp; B BOYS RANCH              </Airport_Name>
> <name>B &#x26; B BOYS RANCH</name>
>
> Notice the former uses the XML ampersand entity whereas the latter uses hex
character entity for ampersand. This expression:
> starts-with(Airport_Name, name)
>
> returns true.
>
> Does the starts-with() function convert the strings to codepoints and then
checks that codepoint[i] in the <name> string equals codepoint[i] in the
<Airport_Name> string?
>
My understanding is that the XML parser has already parsed your lexical
differences into the same Unicode character(s) and that XPath simply
works with Unicode strings that are compared.