or, if you prefer, you could even use a function for this, see https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Output_Module out:nl() Von: BaseX-Talk <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Im Auftrag von Bridger Dyson-Smith Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2022 16:57 An: Ben.Engbers@be-logical.nl Cc: Basex Mail-lijst <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] string-join with a newline separator? Hi Ben, On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:44 AM Ben Engbers <Ben.Engbers@be-logical.nl<mailto:Ben.Engbers@be-logical.nl>> wrote: Hi, My xml has the structure <base> <element1> <al-group> <al>bla</al> </al-group> </element1> <element1> <al-group> <al>bla</al> </al-group> <al-group> <al>bla</al> </al-group> </element1> </base> The <al-group> element contains 1 to many <al> elements. let $tekst := fn:string-join(fn:data($par//al/text()), ".") concatenates this to: bla.bla.bla But I want it to return: bla bla bla Is it possible to add a newline item-separator to fn:string-join? how about string-join($input//al/text(), ' ')? Ben Engbers Best, Bridger