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

["Andy Seaborne (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andy Seaborne commented on JENA-1628:
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It already does.

{noformat}
PREFIX apf:     <http://jena.apache.org/ARQ/property#>

SELECT * {
  ?x apf:strSplit ("123,456;890" "(,|;)") .
}
{noformat}
{noformat}
---------
| x     |
=========
| "123" |
| "456" |
| "890" |
---------
{noformat}


> 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
>            Priority: Major
>
> We're working with some FP7 project data using tarql, and the column "Participant Internet Homepage" sometimes has multiple values, separated by
> - comma, semicolon, " / ", " or "
> It would be nice if apf:strSplit took a regex separator (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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