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 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

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()