gistfile1.txt

// use string_numbers to get rid of descr.

string_parse

/// string_parse(str,token,ignore)
/// @arg str
/// @arg token
/// @arg ignore

var str,token,ignore,list,tlen,temp;
str = argument0;
token = argument1;
ignore = argument2;

list = ds_list_create();
tlen = string_length( token);

while (string_length(str) != 0) 
{
    temp = string_pos(token,str);
    if (temp) 
    {
        if (temp != 1 || !ignore) ds_list_add(list,string_copy(str,1,temp-1));
        str = string_copy(str,temp+tlen,string_length(str));
    } 
    else 
    {
        ds_list_add(list,str);
        str = "";
    }
}
return list;