fn:tokenize

Returns a sequence of strings formed by breaking the input string at any substring that matches the given regular expression.

tokenize($input as xs:string?) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$input

xs:string?

The input string to be tokenized

Result

xs:string*

tokenize($input as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$input

xs:string?

The input string to be tokenized

 

$pattern

xs:string

Regular expression matching the separators between tokens

Result

xs:string*

tokenize($input as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string, $flags as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$input

xs:string?

The input string to be tokenized

 

$pattern

xs:string

Regular expression matching the separators between tokens

 

$flags

xs:string

Flags controlling how the regular expression is interpreted

Result

xs:string*

Namespace

http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Saxon 9.3 introduces support for the q flag, and for XPath 3.0 regular expression enhancements, provided XPath 3.0 is enabled.

Saxon supports extended syntax for the flags argument: see the matches() function for details.

The single-argument form of this function specified in XPath 3.1, which is equivalent to supplying the second argument as a single space character (x20), is available since Saxon 9.7.

See also:

fn:matches()