Read XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition Online
Authors: Michael Kay
The character following the backslash, for example, \? matches a question mark |
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 |
\s | space (x20) , tab (x09) , newline (x0A) , or carriage return (x0D) |
\i | An initial name character: specifically, a character classified in the XML specification as a Letter, or : or _ |
\c | A name character, as defined by the NameChar production in the XML specification |
\d | A decimal digit: anything that matches \p{Nd} |