Split()

function split(inputstr, sep)
    if(inputstr == nil or inputstr == "") then
                return nil
        end
        if sep == nil then
                sep = ","
        end
        local t={} ; i=1
        for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
                t[i] = str
                i = i + 1
        end
        return t
end



t = split("a,b,c,d,e,v",',')
print(#t)
for k,v in pairs(t) do
    print(k,":",v)
end