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?, $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

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

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 fn:matches function for details.