|Returns nodes in ''distinct document order'': duplicate nodes will be removed, and the remaining nodes will be returned in [https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#dt-document-order document order]. All results of path expression are in distinct document order, so the function is equivalent to the expression <code>$nodes/self::node()</code>.
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{{Mark|Introduced with Version 9.4:}}
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