MarkLogic 12 EA 1 Product Documentationfn.tokenize
fn.tokenize( input as String?, pattern as String, [flags as String] ) as Sequence
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 containing:
("this", "is", "a", "string")
var arr = fn.tokenize("this is a string", " ").toArray();
arr[arr.length-1]
=> string