2 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/osdep/OSUtils.cpp b/osdep/OSUtils.cpp
index 4a81625b..65704fa3 100644
--- a/osdep/OSUtils.cpp
+++ b/osdep/OSUtils.cpp
@@ -315,6 +315,50 @@ bool OSUtils::writeFile(const char *path,const void *buf,unsigned int len)
 	return false;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> OSUtils::split(const char *s,const char *const sep,const char *esc,const char *quot)
+{
+	std::vector<std::string> fields;
+	std::string buf;
+
+	if (!esc)
+		esc = "";
+	if (!quot)
+		quot = "";
+
+	bool escapeState = false;
+	char quoteState = 0;
+	while (*s) {
+		if (escapeState) {
+			escapeState = false;
+			buf.push_back(*s);
+		} else if (quoteState) {
+			if (*s == quoteState) {
+				quoteState = 0;
+				fields.push_back(buf);
+				buf.clear();
+			} else buf.push_back(*s);
+		} else {
+			const char *quotTmp;
+			if (strchr(esc,*s))
+				escapeState = true;
+			else if ((buf.size() <= 0)&&((quotTmp = strchr(quot,*s))))
+				quoteState = *quotTmp;
+			else if (strchr(sep,*s)) {
+				if (buf.size() > 0) {
+					fields.push_back(buf);
+					buf.clear();
+				} // else skip runs of seperators
+			} else buf.push_back(*s);
+		}
+		++s;
+	}
+
+	if (buf.size())
+		fields.push_back(buf);
+
+	return fields;
+}
+
 std::string OSUtils::platformDefaultHomePath()
 {
 #ifdef __UNIX_LIKE__
diff --git a/osdep/OSUtils.hpp b/osdep/OSUtils.hpp
index c481780b..c73f0bd3 100644
--- a/osdep/OSUtils.hpp
+++ b/osdep/OSUtils.hpp
@@ -237,6 +237,17 @@ public:
 	static bool writeFile(const char *path,const void *buf,unsigned int len);
 
 	/**
+	 * Split a string by delimiter, with optional escape and quote characters
+	 *
+	 * @param s String to split
+	 * @param sep One or more separators
+	 * @param esc Zero or more escape characters
+	 * @param quot Zero or more quote characters
+	 * @return Vector of tokens
+	 */
+	static std::vector<std::string> split(const char *s,const char *const sep,const char *esc,const char *quot);
+
+	/**
 	 * Write a block of data to disk, replacing any current file contents
 	 *
 	 * @param path Path to write