diff --git a/script.lua b/script.lua
index e47cd43..858eab2 100644
--- a/script.lua
+++ b/script.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ function UV(uv)
 	uv[2]/TEXTURE_HEIGHT
 	})
 end
+
+
+function splitstring (inputstr, sep)
+        if sep == nil then
+                sep = "%s"
+        end
+        local t={}
+        for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
+                table.insert(t, str)
+        end
+        return t
+end
 -- }}}