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substring-after

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The substring-after function returns a string that is the rest of a given string after a given substring.

Syntax

plain
substring-after( haystack, needle )

Parameters

  • haystack
    • : The string to be evaluated. Part of this string will be returned.
  • needle
    • : The substring to search for. Everything after the first occurrence of needle in haystack will be returned.

Return value

A string.

Examples

XPath ExampleOutput
substring-after('aa-bb','-')bb
substring-after('aa-bb','a')a-bb
substring-after('aa-bb','b')b
substring-after('aa-bb','q')(empty string)

Specifications

XPath 1.0 4.2

Gecko support

Supported.