Description
The functx:word-count function returns the number of words in a string (or node that is atomized). Word boundaries are determined by the definition of "word characters" in Unicode. If $arg is the empty sequence, it returns zero.
Arguments and Return Type| Name | Type | Description |
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$arg |
xs:string? |
the string to measure |
| return value |
xs:integer |
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:word-count
( $arg as xs:string? ) as xs:integer {
count(tokenize($arg, '\W+')[. != ''])
} ; | | XQuery Syntax for May 2003: |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"
define function word-count
( $arg as xs:string? ) as xs:integer {
fn:count(fn:tokenize($arg, '\W+')[. != ''])
} |
Examples| XQuery Example | Results |
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functx:word-count('hello there world')
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3
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functx:word-count(' hello world ')
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2
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functx:word-count('a.b.c')
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3
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See AlsoHistory |
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