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functx:between-inclusive

Whether a value is between two provided values, or equal to one of them

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Description

The functx:between-inclusive function returns true if the $value is between $minValue and $maxValue, inclusive. If the values are of incomparable types, an error will be raised. If $value is the empty sequence, the function returns false.

Arguments and Return Type

NameTypeDescription
$value xs:anyAtomicType? the value to be tested
$minValue xs:anyAtomicType the minimum value
$maxValue xs:anyAtomicType the maximum value
return value xs:boolean

XQuery Function Declaration

See XSLT definition.
XQuery Syntax for January 2007 (1.0):
declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"; 
declare function functx:between-inclusive 
  ( $value as xs:anyAtomicType? ,
    $minValue as xs:anyAtomicType ,
    $maxValue as xs:anyAtomicType )  as xs:boolean {
       
   $value >= $minValue and $value <= $maxValue
 } ;
XQuery Syntax for July 2004 - November 2005 (CR):
declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"; 
declare function functx:between-inclusive 
  ( $value as xdt:anyAtomicType? ,
    $minValue as xdt:anyAtomicType ,
    $maxValue as xdt:anyAtomicType )  as xs:boolean {
       
   $value >= $minValue and $value <= $maxValue
 } ;
XQuery Syntax for May 2003:
declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com" 
define function between-inclusive 
  ( $value as xdt:anyAtomicType? ,
    $minValue as xdt:anyAtomicType ,
    $maxValue as xdt:anyAtomicType )  as xs:boolean {
       
   $value >= $minValue and $value <= $maxValue
 }

Examples

XQuery ExampleResultsExplanation
functx:between-inclusive(55, 1, 1000)
true
functx:between-inclusive(1, 1, 1000)
true
functx:between-inclusive(1200, 1, 1000)
false
functx:between-inclusive('b', 'b', 'd')
true
functx:between-inclusive(xs:date('2004-10-31'),
                      xs:date('2004-10-15'),
                      xs:date('2004-11-01'))
true
functx:between-inclusive('a', 1, 1000)
Error Strings cannot be compared to integers.

See Also

functx:between-exclusiveWhether a value is between two provided values

History

Published OnLast UpdatedContributor(s)
2006-06-272007-02-26Priscilla Walmsley, Datypic, pwalmsley@datypic.com, http://www.datypic.com
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