[jira] [Created] (JENA-1628) apf:strSplit should take several possible separators

["Vladimir Alexiev (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Vladimir Alexiev created JENA-1628:
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             Summary: apf:strSplit should take several possible separators
                 Key: JENA-1628
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-1628
             Project: Apache Jena
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Vladimir Alexiev


We're working with some FP7 project data using tarql, and the column "Participant Internet Homepage" sometimes as multiple values, separated by
- comma, semicolon, " / ", " or "

It would be nice if apf:strSplit took a regex delimiter (like perl's split), then I could use it like this:
{noformat}
?websites apf:strSplit (?Participant_Internet_Homepage, "(,|;| / | or )")
{noformat}
If the change is considered breaking, a new function apf:strSplitByRegex can be introduced.

For the time being, I'll try with this ugliness (should work, right?):
{noformat}
{?websites apf:strSplit (?Participant_Internet_Homepage, ",")} union
{?websites apf:strSplit (?Participant_Internet_Homepage, ";")} union
{?websites apf:strSplit (?Participant_Internet_Homepage, " / ")} union
{?websites apf:strSplit (?Participant_Internet_Homepage, " or ")} 
{noformat}




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