Description
The functx:chars function splits a string into individual characters and returns them as a sequence of strings of length 1 each.
Arguments and Return Type| Name | Type | Description |
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$arg |
xs:string? |
the string to split |
| return value |
xs:string* |
XSLT Function Declaration| See XQuery definition. | | XSLT 2.0 Syntax: |
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<xsl:function name="functx:chars" as="xs:string*"
xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com" >
<xsl:param name="arg" as="xs:string?"/>
<xsl:sequence select="
for $ch in string-to-codepoints($arg)
return codepoints-to-string($ch)
"/>
</xsl:function>
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Examples| XSLT Example | Results |
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functx:chars('abc')
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('a', 'b', 'c')
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functx:chars('a b c')
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('a', ' ', 'b', ' ', 'c')
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See Also| fn:tokenize | Splits a string based on a regular expression |
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