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str:tokenize()

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str:tokenize() splits a string using a set of characters as delimiters that determine where the splits should occur, returning a node-set containing the resulting strings.

Syntax

plain
str:tokenize(string, delimiters)

Parameters

  • string
    • : The string to tokenize.
  • delimiters
    • : Each character in this string is used as a word separator while tokenizing.

Return value

A node-set of token elements, each containing one token from the string.

Example

plain
str:tokenize('2007-09-14-03T11:40:23', '-T:')

Returns a node set like this:

xml
<token>2007</token>
<token>09</token>
<token>14</token>
<token>11</token>
<token>40</token>
<token>23</token>

Specifications

EXSLT - STR:TOKENIZE

See also