1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/string.ml b/stdlib/string.ml
index fda40b527..9e4412b3b 100644
--- a/stdlib/string.ml
+++ b/stdlib/string.ml
@@ -203,3 +203,23 @@ let rcontains_from s i c =
 type t = string
 
 let compare (x: t) (y: t) = Pervasives.compare x y
+
+(* split a string [s] at every char [c], and return the list of sub-strings *)
+let split s c =
+  let len = length s in
+  let rec iter pos to_rev =
+    if pos = len then List.rev ("" :: to_rev) else
+      match try
+              Some ( index_from s pos c )
+        with Not_found -> None
+      with
+          Some pos2 ->
+            if pos2 = pos then iter (pos+1) ("" :: to_rev) else
+              iter (pos2+1) ((sub s pos (pos2-pos)) :: to_rev)
+        | None -> List.rev ( sub s pos (len-pos) :: to_rev )
+  in
+  iter 0 []
+
+let cut_at s c =
+  let pos = index s c in
+  sub s 0 pos, sub s (pos+1) (length s - pos - 1)