string_parse

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/// string_parse(str,token,ignore)
//
//  Returns a ds_list containing all substring elements within
//  a given string which are separated by a given token.
//
//  eg. string_parse("cat|dog|house|bee", "|", true)
//      returns a ds_list { "cat", "dog", "house", "bee" }
//
//      str         elements, string
//      token       element separator,  string
//      ignore      ignore empty substrings, bool
//
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{
    var str,token,ignore,list,tlen,temp;
    str = argument0;
    token = argument1;
    ignore = argument2;
    list = ds_list_create();
    tlen = string_length( token);
    while (string_length(str) != 0) {
        temp = string_pos(token,str);
        if (temp) {
            if (temp != 1 || !ignore) ds_list_add(list,string_copy(str,1,temp-1));
            str = string_copy(str,temp+tlen,string_length(str));
        } else {
            ds_list_add(list,str);
            str = "";
        }
    }
    return list;
}