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diff --git a/lua/simple-denote/util.lua b/lua/simple-denote/util.lua
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+++ b/lua/simple-denote/util.lua
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+local M = {}
+
+
+function M.splitspace(str)
+  local chunks = {}
+  for substring in str:gmatch("%S+") do
+    table.insert(chunks, #chunks, substring)
+  end
+  return chunks
+end
+
+function M.splitstring(str, delim)
+  local items = {}
+  local fulldelim = nil
+  if delim == "." or delim == "-" then
+    fulldelim = "%" .. delim
+  else
+    fulldelim = delim
+  end
+  str = str .. delim
+  for w in str:gmatch("(.-)" .. fulldelim) do
+    items[#items + 1] = w
+  end
+  return items
+end
+
+--- Escape a string to use as a lua pattern
+function M.escape(str)
+    return str:gsub("(%W)", "%%%1")
+end
+
+return M