title: xslt object tree create structure
body: <pre><code>papa francesco rossi; figlio giuseppe rossi; nipote bartolomeo rossi
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to split this record by ";" and count ";" character</p>
  
  <p>Can you give some instructions about this?</p>
  
  <p>I remember that in visual basic exist SPLIT functions .... sound familar ?? thanks.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;familiari&gt;papa francesco rossi; figlio giuseppe rossi; nipote bartolomeo rossi&lt;/familiari&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in output i would like:</p>
  
  <p>; ; nipote bartolomeo rossi<br>
      this is my xml code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;p&gt;
     &lt;FAMILIARI&gt;papa francesco rossi; figlio giuseppe rossi; nipote bartolomeo rossi&lt;/FAMILIARI&gt;
     &lt;FAMILIARI&gt;papa francesco rossi; figlio giuseppe rossi; nipote giuseppe contarino&lt;/FAMILIARI&gt;
     &lt;FAMILIARI&gt;papa francesco rossi; figlio giuseppe rossi; nipote antonio mazzarino&lt;/FAMILIARI&gt;
  &lt;/p&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like this structure in output  :</p>
  
  <pre><code>-papafrancesco rossi
  --figlio giuseppe rossi
  ---nipote bartolomeo rossi
  ---nipote giuseppe contarino
  ---nipote antonio mazzarino
  </code></pre>