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+--[[
+	module for splitting a string to an array 
+]]--
+
+module (..., package.seeall)
+
+-- This code comes from http://lua-users.org/wiki/SplitJoin
+
+-- Split text into a list consisting of the strings in text,
+-- separated by strings matching delimiter (which may be a pattern). 
+-- example: strsplit(",%s*", "Anna, Bob, Charlie,Dolores")
+return function (delimiter, text)
+	local list = {}
+	local pos = 1
+	-- this would result in endless loops
+	if string.find("", delimiter, 1) then 
+		error("delimiter matches empty string!")
+	end
+	while 1 do
+		local first, last = string.find(text, delimiter, pos)
+		if first then -- found?
+			table.insert(list, string.sub(text, pos, first-1))
+			pos = last+1
+		else
+			table.insert(list, string.sub(text, pos))
+			break
+		end
+	end
+	return list
+end
+