function split(s, delim) if type(delim) ~= "string" or string.len(delim) <= 0 then return end local start = 1 local t = {} while true do local pos = string.find (s, delim, start, true) -- plain find if not pos then break end table.insert (t, string.sub (s, start, pos - 1)) start = pos + string.len (delim) end table.insert (t, string.sub (s, start)) return tend