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<h1>saxon:get-pseudo-attribute()</h1>
<p><b>saxon:get-pseudo-attribute($att as xs:string) ==> xs:string</b></p>
<p>This function parses the contents of a processing instruction whose content follows the
conventional attribute="value" structure (as defined for the <?xsl-stylesheet?> processing
instruction). The context should be a processing instruction node; the function returns the value
of the pseudo-attribute named in the first argument if it is present, or an empty string otherwise.</p>
<p>If the attribute value contains a sequence of characters in the form of an XML character reference,
for example "&#x0A;", this is parsed and converted into the corresponding character.</p>
<p><i>Although intended for parsing processing instructions, the function will actually parse the string value
of the context item whatever it might be.</i></p>
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