# $EPIC: split.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 16:57:01 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__split__(<chars> <text>)

======Technical:======
This function converts each specified character found in the input text
to a space.

======Practical:======
This function is mostly useful for parsing lines of input that contain
a particular character as a delimiter.

======Returns:======
input text with characters swapped

======Examples:======
<file>
$split(: a:b:c)            returns "a b c"
$split(,. a,b.c)           returns "a b c"
</file>