Read XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition Online
Authors: Michael Kay
The character following the backslash, for example,![]() ![]() |
A
multicharacter escape
(
MultiCharEsc
) is a\
followed by one of the characters shown below. Each multicharacter escape matches one of a number of different characters (but it only matches one character at a time).
Multicharacter escape | Matches |
![]() ![]() | space (x20) , tab (x09) , newline (x0A) , or carriage return (x0D) |
![]() ![]() | An initial name character: specifically, a character classified in the XML specification as a Letter, or![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() | A name character, as defined by the NameChar production in the XML specification |
![]() ![]() | A decimal digit: anything that matches![]() ![]() |