1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/pbd/strsplit.cc b/libs/pbd/strsplit.cc
index 7f29a77887..1fb6112150 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/strsplit.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/strsplit.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <pbd/strsplit.h>
 
 using namespace std;
+using namespace Glib;
 
 void
 split (string str, vector<string>& result, char splitchar)
@@ -39,3 +40,41 @@ split (string str, vector<string>& result, char splitchar)
 		result.push_back (remaining);
 	}
 }
+
+void
+split (ustring str, vector<ustring>& result, char splitchar)
+{	
+	ustring::size_type pos;
+	ustring remaining;
+	ustring::size_type len = str.length();
+	int cnt;
+
+	cnt = 0;
+
+	if (str.empty()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (ustring::size_type n = 0; n < len; ++n) {
+		if (str[n] == gunichar(splitchar)) {
+			cnt++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (cnt == 0) {
+		result.push_back (str);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	remaining = str;
+
+	while ((pos = remaining.find_first_of (':')) != ustring::npos) {
+		result.push_back (remaining.substr (0, pos));
+		remaining = remaining.substr (pos+1);
+	}
+
+	if (remaining.length()) {
+
+		result.push_back (remaining);
+	}
+}