insert-before

insert-before

The insert-before() function returns a sequence constructed by inserting an item, or a sequence of items, at a given position within another sequence. For example, «insert-before(("a", "b", "c"), 2, "X") » returns «("a", "X", "b", "c") » .

Argument	Data Type	Meaning
sequence-1	item()*	The original sequence
position	xs:integer	The position in the original sequence where the new items are to be inserted
sequence-2	item()*	The items that are to be inserted
Result	item()*	The constructed sequence