Please see erratum FO.E2:

http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/qt-errata/xpath-functions-errata.html#E2

Michael Kay
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dimitre Novatchev [mailto:dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 July 2008 04:17
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  What is $p in the definition of fn:subsequence ?
> 
> The definition of the fn:subsequence in the F & O   W3C  
> Recommendation at:
> 
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-subsequence
> 
> contains the following text:
> 
> "Summary: Returns the contiguous sequence of items in the 
> value of $sourceSeq beginning at the position indicated by 
> the value of $startingLoc and continuing for the number of 
> items indicated by the value of $length.
> 
> In the two-argument case, returns:
> 
> $sourceSeq[fn:round($startingLoc) le $p] In the 
> three-argument case, returns:
> 
> $sourceSeq[fn:round($startingLoc) le $p
>      and $p lt fn:round($startingLoc) + fn:round($length)]"
> 
> 
> There is no definition of $p and this definitely seems to be 
> a bug in the document.
> 
> Could somebody, please, confirm what is meant by "$p" in this text?
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
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