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This function will split a string up by a character you specify, and then store each 'token' in an array.

Example code

new String:myArray[5][32];

new size = explode(5, "This\nis\nlots\nof\nlines", 31, '\n');

// size will be: 5
// myArray will be {"This", "is", "lots", "of", "lines"}

/*****************************************************************
 * explode
 *
 * @breif this function will explode a string into an array. Splitting the string by delimiter
 * @params output the 2dimensional array to save to
 * @params p_iMax max entries
 * @params p_szInput input string
 * @params p_iSize leingth of strings
 * @params p_szDelimiter the deliminator to split by
 * @return the size of the array created
 *****************************************************************/
stock explode( String:p_szOutput[][], p_iMax, String:p_szInput[], p_iSize, p_szDelimiter )
{
    new iIdx = 0;
    // get the leingth of string
    new l = strlen(p_szInput);
    // copy the string to ouput upto the delimiter
    new iLen = copyc( p_szOutput[iIdx], p_iSize, p_szInput, p_szDelimiter) + 1;
    // loop through the second dimension
    while( (iLen < l) && (++iIdx < p_iMax+1) )
    {    
        //copy any folowing text to the array, incremenitn the count each time
        iLen += (1 + copyc( p_szOutput[iIdx], p_iSize, p_szInput[iLen], p_szDelimiter));
    }
    return iIdx+1;
}

/*****************************************************************
 * copyc
 *
 * @breif this function will copy a string upto a defined character
 * @params dest the place to save to
 * @params len leingth of the string
 * @params src input string
 * @params ch character to stop copying at
 * @return the leinght of new string
 *****************************************************************/
stock copyc(String:dest[], len, String:src[], ch)
{
    for(new i=0;i<len-1;++i)
    {
        if(src[i] != ch && src[i] != '\0')
        {    
            dest[i] = src[i]; 
        }
        else
        {
            return i;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}