# fn:codepoint-equal - XPath XQuery Reference

Returns true if two strings are equal, considered codepoint-by-codepoint.deterministiccontext-independentfocus-independentIf either argument is the empty sequence, the function returns the empty sequence. Otherwise, the function returns true or false depending on
            whether the value of $comparand1 is equal to the value of
               $comparand2, according to the Unicode codepoint collation
               (http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/collation/codepoint).fn:codepoint-equal("abcd", "abcd")true()fn:codepoint-equal("abcd", "abcd ")false()fn:codepoint-equal("", "")true()fn:codepoint-equal("", ())()fn:codepoint-equal((), ())()This function allows xs:anyURI values to be compared without having to
            specify the Unicode codepoint collation.