diff -r 35f67a8ef875 -r bf8ab7bb74ff ucx/string.h
--- a/ucx/string.h	Tue Oct 02 11:18:47 2012 +0200
+++ b/ucx/string.h	Tue Oct 02 13:43:17 2012 +0200
@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@
  */
 sstr_t sstrsubsl (sstr_t s, size_t start, size_t end);
 
+/*
+ * splits s into n parts
+ *
+ * s    the string to split
+ * d    the delimiter string
+ * n    the maximum size of the resulting list
+ *      a size of 0 indicates an unbounded list size
+ *      the actual size of the list will be stored here
+ *
+ *      Hint: use this value to avoid dynamic reallocation of the result list
+ *
+ * Returns a list of the split strings
+ * NOTE: this list needs to be freed manually after usage
+ *
+ * Returns NULL on error
+ */
+sstr_t* sstrsplit(sstr_t s, sstr_t d, size_t *n);
 
 int sstrcmp(sstr_t s1, sstr_t s2);