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  <RefEntryTitle>match-split-list</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>match-split-list</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Splits a string at a list of targets and returns the resulting list of tokens</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(match-split-list string target-list)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Splits <literal>string</literal> at every target in <literal>target-list</literal> with <literal>(match-split)</literal>,
returning the whole collection of tokens as a list.
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<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>string</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The string to split.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>target-list</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A list of target strings which are the delimters between tokens.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

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(define (match-split-list string target-list)
  ;; Splits a string at a list of targets and returns the resulting list of tokens
  (let loop ((result (list string)) (tlist target-list))
    (if (null? tlist)
	result
	(loop (match-split-string-list result (car tlist))
	      (cdr tlist)))))
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