In XSLT 1.0 you have a choice:

(a) write a recursive template that bites off one token each time it's
called using substring-before

(b) use a tokenize() function from a library such as EXSLT (www.exslt.org).

In 2.0 use the built-in tokenize() function, or xsl:analyze-string.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rahil's Yahoo Mail [mailto:qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 19 April 2005 15:57
> To: XSL List
> Subject:  breaking string into substrings or arrays
> 
> Hi
> 
> Is it possible to break up a text() node which contains a 
> string for e.g.
> 
> <Value>[Alpha, Beta, Gamma]</Value>
> 
> into
> 
> <Value>Alpha</Value>
> <Value>Beta</Value>
> <Value>Gamma</Value>
> 
> ?
> Is there any equivalent for arrays in XPath to break a long string as 
> above based on a token such as comma (,) ?
> 
> Regards
> Rahil