+char **getSplitStringArray(const char *s, const char *separators, int max_tokens)
+{
+ const char *s_ptr, *s_last = s;
+ byte separator_table[256] = { FALSE };
+ int num_tokens;
+ char **tokens = NULL;
+
+ if (s == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (separators == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (max_tokens < 1)
+ max_tokens = INT_MAX;
+
+ // if string is empty, return empty array
+ if (*s == '\0')
+ {
+ tokens = checked_malloc(sizeof(char *));
+ tokens[0] = NULL;
+
+ return tokens;
+ }
+
+ // initialize separator table for all characters in separators string
+ for (s_ptr = separators; *s_ptr != '\0'; s_ptr++)
+ separator_table[*(byte *)s_ptr] = TRUE;
+
+ // count number of tokens in string
+ for (num_tokens = 1, s_ptr = s; *s_ptr != '\0'; s_ptr++)
+ if (separator_table[*(byte *)s_ptr] && num_tokens < max_tokens)
+ num_tokens++;
+
+ // allocate array for determined number of tokens
+ tokens = checked_malloc((num_tokens + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+
+ // copy all but last separated sub-strings to array
+ for (num_tokens = 0, s_ptr = s; *s_ptr != '\0'; s_ptr++)
+ {
+ if (separator_table[*(byte *)s_ptr] && num_tokens + 1 < max_tokens)
+ {
+ tokens[num_tokens++] = getStringCopyN(s_last, s_ptr - s_last);
+ s_last = s_ptr + 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // copy last separated sub-string to array
+ tokens[num_tokens++] = getStringCopyN(s_last, s_ptr - s_last);
+
+ // terminate array
+ tokens[num_tokens] = NULL;
+
+ return tokens;
+}
+
+int getStringArrayLength(char **s_array)
+{
+ int num_strings = 0;
+
+ if (s_array == NULL)
+ return 0;
+
+ while (s_array[num_strings] != NULL)
+ num_strings++;
+
+ return num_strings;
+}
+
+void freeStringArray(char **s_array)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (s_array == NULL)
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; s_array[i] != NULL; i++)
+ checked_free(s_array[i]);
+
+ checked_free(s_array);
+}
+
+boolean strEqual(const char *s1, const char *s2)