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fn:split() Function

JSP Standard Tag Library

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(&lt;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>

&lt;c:set var="string1" value="www tutorialpro.org"/>
&lt;c:set var="string2" value="${fn:split(string1, ' ')}" />
&lt;c:set var="string3" value="${fn:join(string2, '-')}" />

<p>string3: ${string3}</p>

&lt;c:set var="string4" value="${fn:split(string3, '-')}" />
&lt;c:set var="string5" value="${fn:join(string4, ' ')}" />

<p>string5: ${string5}</p>

</body>
</html>

The output is as follows:

string3: www-tutorialpro.org

string5: www tutorialpro.org

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