MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationfn:tokenize
fn:tokenize( $input as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string, [$flags as xs:string] ) as xs:string*
Summary
Returns a sequence of strings constructed by breaking the specified input into substrings separated by the specified $pattern. The specified $pattern is not returned as part of the returned items.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| input | The string to tokenize. |
| pattern | The regular expression pattern from which to separate the tokens. |
| flags | The flag representing how to interpret the regular expression. One of "s", "m", "i", or "x", as defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#flags. |
Example
fn:tokenize("this is a string", " ")
=> returns the sequence ("this", "is", "a", "string")
fn:tokenize("this is a string", " ")[last()]
=> string