5 files changed, 48 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/functions.rb b/lib/rexml/functions.rb
index 4b46b8e678..a0f4823ada 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/functions.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/functions.rb
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ module REXML
     end
 
     # UNTESTED
-    def Functions::local_name( node_set=nil )
-      get_namespace( node_set ) do |node|
+    def Functions::local_name(node_set=nil)
+      get_namespace(node_set) do |node|
         return node.local_name
       end
+      ""
     end
 
     def Functions::namespace_uri( node_set=nil )
diff --git a/test/rexml/test_functions.rb b/test/rexml/functions/test_base.rb
index a00b25b2c1..74dc1a31de 100644
--- a/test/rexml/test_functions.rb
+++ b/test/rexml/functions/test_base.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "test/unit/testcase"
 
 require "rexml/document"
 
+# TODO: Split me
 module REXMLTests
   class FunctionsTester < Test::Unit::TestCase
     include REXML
diff --git a/test/rexml/test_functions_boolean.rb b/test/rexml/functions/test_boolean.rb
index b3e2117c10..b3e2117c10 100644
--- a/test/rexml/test_functions_boolean.rb
+++ b/test/rexml/functions/test_boolean.rb
diff --git a/test/rexml/functions/test_local_name.rb b/test/rexml/functions/test_local_name.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97c9e74852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rexml/functions/test_local_name.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: false
+
+require "test/unit"
+require "rexml/document"
+require "rexml/functions"
+
+module REXMLTests
+  class TestFunctionsLocalName < Test::Unit::TestCase
+    def setup
+      REXML::Functions.context = nil
+    end
+
+    def test_one
+      document = REXML::Document.new(<<-XML)
+<root xmlns:x="http://example.com/x/">
+  <x:child/>
+</root>
+      XML
+      node_set = document.root.children
+      assert_equal("child", REXML::Functions.local_name(node_set))
+    end
+
+    def test_multiple
+      document = REXML::Document.new(<<-XML)
+<root xmlns:x="http://example.com/x/">
+  <x:child1/>
+  <x:child2/>
+</root>
+      XML
+      node_set = document.root.children
+      assert_equal("child1", REXML::Functions.local_name(node_set))
+    end
+
+    def test_nonexistent
+      assert_equal("", REXML::Functions.local_name([]))
+    end
+
+    def test_context
+      document = REXML::Document.new("<root/>")
+      REXML::Functions.context = {node: document.root}
+      assert_equal("root", REXML::Functions.local_name())
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/rexml/test_functions_number.rb b/test/rexml/functions/test_number.rb
index 84ec5c7ba7..84ec5c7ba7 100644
--- a/test/rexml/test_functions_number.rb
+++ b/test/rexml/functions/test_number.rb