str:tokenize()
str:tokenize() splits a string using a set of characters as delimiters that determine where the splits should occur, returning a node-set containing the resulting strings.
Syntax
str:tokenize(string, delimiters)
Parameters
string-
The string to tokenize.
delimiters-
Each character in this string is used as a word separator while tokenizing.
Return value
A node-set of token elements, each containing one token from the string.
Example
str:tokenize('2007-09-14-03T11:40:23', '-T:')
Returns a node set like this:
xml
<token>2007</token>
<token>09</token>
<token>14</token>
<token>11</token>
<token>40</token>
<token>23</token>