/// @func explode(del, str)

///

/// @desc Returns an array of strings parsed from a given

/// string of elements separated by a delimiter.

///

/// eg. explode(":", "hello:world") == ["hello", "world"]

///

/// @param {string} del delimiter character(s)

/// @param {string} str group of elements

///

/// @return {array} array of strings

///

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function explode(del, str)

{

if (str == "") return [str];

if (del == "") return [str];

str += del;

var arr = array_create(0);

var len = string_length(del);

repeat (string_count(del, str)) {

var pos = string_pos(del, str) - 1;

array_push(arr, string_copy(str, 1, pos));

str = string_delete(str, 1, pos + len);

}

return arr;

}