Jekyll/Liquid: Create fake-ish hash

gistfile1.txt

{% assign test-topics = 'topic-one\Topic One|topic-two\Topic Two|topic-three\Topic Three' | split: '|' %}

  {% for entries in test-topics %}
    {% for topic in entries %}
      <!-- topic = 'topic-one\Topic One' -->
      <p>First:  {{ topic | split: '\' | first }}</p><!-- First: topic-one -->
      <p>Second: {{ topic | split: '\' | last }}</p><!-- Second: topic-two -->
    {% endfor %}
  {% endfor %}