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* |
XQuery Function Declaration| See XSLT definition. | | XQuery Syntax for July 2004 - January 2007 (1.0): |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:chars
( $arg as xs:string? ) as xs:string* {
for $ch in string-to-codepoints($arg)
return codepoints-to-string($ch)
} ; | | XQuery Syntax for May 2003: |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"
define function chars
( $arg as xs:string? ) as xs:string* {
for $ch in fn:string-to-codepoints($arg)
return fn:codepoints-to-string($ch)
} |
Examples| XQuery 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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