MarkLogic 9 Product Documentationfn.analyzeString
fn.analyzeString( in as String?, regex as String, [flags as String] ) as element(s.results)
Summary
The result of the function is a new element node whose string value is the original string, but which contains markup to show which parts of the input match the regular expression.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| in | The string to start with. |
| regex | The regular expression pattern to match. |
| 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.analyzeString('Tom Jim John',"Jim");
=>
<s:analyze-string-result>
<s:non-match>Tom </s:non-match>
<s:match>Jim</s:match>
<s:non-match> John</s:non-match>
</s:analyze-string-result>
Example
fn.analyzeString('Tom Jim John',"(Jim)");
=>
<s:analyze-string-result>
<s:non-match>Tom </s:non-match>
<s:match>
<s:group nr="1">Jim</s:group>
</s:match>
<s:non-match> John</s:non-match>
</s:analyze-string-result>
Example
fn.analyzeString('Tom Jim John',"((Jim) John)");
=>
<s:analyze-string-result>
<s:non-match>Tom </s:non-match>
<s:match>
<s:group nr="1">
<s:group nr="2">Jim</s:group>
John
</s:group>
</s:match>
</s:analyze-string-result>
Example
fn.analyzeString("http://example.com/", "\\w+");
// note that you have to escape the escape character in JavaScript
=>
<result xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions">
<match>http</match>
<non-match>://</non-match>
<match>example</match>
<non-match>.</non-match>
<match>com</match>
<non-match>/</non-match>
</result>