10. split-element
| Chapter 3. Commands which are specific to w2x |

## 10. split-element

    split-element(descendant, element?)

Split `element` before `descendant`, a descendant node of `element`. Parameter `element` defaults to the context node.

All the attributes of `element` except attribute `id`, if any, are copied to the element created by this command. Properties of element (`get-class()`, `get-style()`, etc) element are not copied to the element created by this command.

Example:

    split(.//i);

applied to the following context node:

    <p id="p1" title="p1">This p contains <b>bold <i>italic</i></b> text.</p>

gives:

    <p id="p1" title="p1">This p contains <b>bold </b></p>

    <p title="p1"><b><i>italic</i></b> text.</p>

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