| string string( object) | Returns the string representation of the object argument. |
| string string() | Returns a string value representation of the context node. |
| string concat( string, string, string*) | Returns the concatenation of its arguments. |
| boolean starts-with( string, string) | Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string. |
| boolean contains( string, string) | Returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string. |
| string substring-before( string, string) | Returns the substring of the first argument string that comes before the first occurrence of the second argument. |
| string substring-after( string, string) | Returns the substring of the first argument string that comes after the first occurrence of the second argument. |
| string substring( string, number, number) | Returns the substring of the first argument starting at the position specified by the second argument and the length specified by the third argument. |
| string substring( string, number) | Returns the substring of the first argument from the position specified by the second argument. |
| number string-length( string) | Returns the length of the string specified by the argument. |
| number string-length() | Returns the length of the string specified by the context node. |
| string normalize-space( string?) | Returns a white-space normalized string specified by the argument. |
| string normalize-space() | Returns a white-space normalized string specified by the context-node. |
| string translate( string, string, string) | Replaces characters in the string specified by the second argument with characters specified by the third argument. |
