> Oh goodie - I can slip this in without having to start a new thread.
>
> Why do I have to write
>
> for $i in (1 to n)  return "$1"

You probably meant return

for $i in (1 to n)  return $i

(unless you really wanted to return the string "$1" n times)

>
> instead of
>
> (1 to n)/"$1!

You can now in 3.0 using the ! operator:

(1 to 5) ! concat('A', .)

returns A1 A2 A3 etc





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