# xs:anyURI

Converts $string-var that contains a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier Reference) to the anyURI data type.

If the value of $string-var is the empty sequence, the empty sequence is returned. The empty sequence is a sequence containing zero items (), which is similar to null in SQL.

### Signatures

xs:anyURI(xs:string $string-var) —> xs:anyURI

### Arguments

Data Type | Argument | Description
--- | --- | ---
xs:string | $string-var | Represents the conversion string that contains the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier Reference)

### Returns

Returns the $string-var converted to anyURI data type.

### Examples

#### Simple

When you invoke the following query:

    <result>{xs:anyURI("http://www.acme.org/")}</result>

The preceding query generates the following result:

    <result>http://www.acme.org/</result>

Related Topics

W3C anyURI data type description