fn:split() Function
The fn:split() function splits a string into an array of substrings using a specified delimiter.
Syntax
The syntax for the fn:split() function is as follows:
${fn:split(<string to be split>, <delimiter>)}
Example Demonstration
The following example demonstrates the functionality of this function:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using JSTL Functions</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="string1" value="www tutorialpro.org"/>
<c:set var="string2" value="${fn:split(string1, ' ')}" />
<c:set var="string3" value="${fn:join(string2, '-')}" />
<p>string3: ${string3}</p>
<c:set var="string4" value="${fn:split(string3, '-')}" />
<c:set var="string5" value="${fn:join(string4, ' ')}" />
<p>string5: ${string5}</p>
</body>
</html>
The output is as follows:
string3: www-tutorialpro.org
string5: www tutorialpro.org