1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/string.h b/src/util/string.h
index 40ef3e4d3..c77c5a6f9 100644
--- a/src/util/string.h
+++ b/src/util/string.h
@@ -519,6 +519,38 @@ std::basic_string<T> unescape_enriched(const std::basic_string<T> &s)
 	return output;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+std::vector<std::basic_string<T> > split(const std::basic_string<T> &s, T delim)
+{
+	std::vector<std::basic_string<T> > tokens;
+
+	std::basic_string<T> current;
+	bool last_was_escape = false;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+		T si = s[i];
+		if (last_was_escape) {
+			current += '\\';
+			current += si;
+			last_was_escape = false;
+		} else {
+			if (si == delim) {
+				tokens.push_back(current);
+				current = std::basic_string<T>();
+				last_was_escape = false;
+			} else if (si == '\\') {
+				last_was_escape = true;
+			} else {
+				current += si;
+				last_was_escape = false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//push last element
+	tokens.push_back(current);
+
+	return tokens;
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks that all characters in \p to_check are a decimal digits.
  *