fn:analyze-string
Analyzes a string using a regular expression, returning an XML structure that identifies which parts of the input string matched or failed to match the regular expression, and in the case of matched substrings, which substrings matched each capturing group in the regular expression.
analyze-string($value as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string, $flags as xs:string?:="") ➔ element(fn:analyze-string-result)
Arguments | ||||
| $value | xs:string? | The input string | |
| $pattern | xs:string | A regular expression | |
| $flags | xs:string? | := "" | Flags controlling the interpretation of the regular expression |
Result | element(fn:analyze-string-result) | |||
Namespace
http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions
Links to W3C specifications
XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators
XPath 4.0 Functions and Operators
Saxon availability
Available in XPath 3.0, XSLT 3.0, XQuery 3.0, and later versions. From Saxon 9.6, available in all editions. Available for all platforms.
Notes on the Saxon implementation
Available since Saxon 9.3.
Saxon supports extended syntax for the flags argument: see the fn:matches
function for details.