diff --git a/src/splitobs.jl b/src/splitobs.jl
index 7f1c4e9..47b58c9 100644
--- a/src/splitobs.jl
+++ b/src/splitobs.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+"""
+    splitobs(n::Int, [at = 0.7]) -> Tuple
+
+TODO
+"""
+splitobs(n::Int; at = 0.7) = splitobs(n, at)
+
+# partition into 2 sets
+function splitobs(n::Int, at::AbstractFloat)
+    0 < at < 1 || throw(ArgumentError("the parameter \"at\" must be in interval (0, 1)"))
+    n1 = clamp(round(Int, at*n), 1, n)
+    (1:n1, n1+1:n)
+end
+
+# has to be outside the generated function
+_ispos(x) = x > 0
+# partition into length(at)+1 sets
+# we use @generated because we compute "N+1"
+@generated function splitobs{N}(n::Int, at::NTuple{N,AbstractFloat})
+    quote
+        (all(map(_ispos, at)) && sum(at) < 1) || throw(ArgumentError("all elements in \"at\" must be positive and their sum must be smaller than 1"))
+        nleft = n
+        lst = UnitRange{Int}[]
+        for (i, sz) in enumerate(at)
+            ni = clamp(round(Int, sz*n), 0, nleft)
+            push!(lst, n-nleft+1:n-nleft+ni)
+            nleft -= ni
+        end
+        push!(lst, n-nleft+1:n)
+        $(Expr(:tuple, (:(lst[$i]) for i in 1:N+1)...))
+    end
+end
+
 """
     splitobs(data, [at = 0.7], [obsdim])
 
@@ -70,27 +103,13 @@ splitobs(data; at = 0.7, obsdim = default_obsdim(data)) =
 
 # partition into 2 sets
 function splitobs(data, at::AbstractFloat, obsdim=default_obsdim(data))
-    0 < at < 1 || throw(ArgumentError("the parameter \"at\" must be in interval (0, 1)"))
     n = nobs(data, obsdim)
-    n1 = clamp(round(Int, at*n), 1, n)
-    datasubset(data, 1:n1, obsdim), datasubset(data, n1+1:n, obsdim)
+    idx1, idx2 = splitobs(n, at)
+    datasubset(data, idx1, obsdim), datasubset(data, idx2, obsdim)
 end
 
-# has to be outside the generated function
-_ispos(x) = x > 0
 # partition into length(at)+1 sets
-@generated function splitobs{N,T<:AbstractFloat}(data, at::NTuple{N,T}, obsdim=default_obsdim(data))
-    quote
-        (all(map(_ispos, at)) && sum(at) < 1) || throw(ArgumentError("all elements in \"at\" must be positive and their sum must be smaller than 1"))
-        n = nobs(data, obsdim)
-        nleft = n
-        lst = UnitRange{Int}[]
-        for (i,sz) in enumerate(at)
-            ni = clamp(round(Int, sz*n), 0, nleft)
-            push!(lst, n-nleft+1:n-nleft+ni)
-            nleft -= ni
-        end
-        push!(lst, n-nleft+1:n)
-        $(Expr(:tuple, (:(datasubset(data, lst[$i], obsdim)) for i in 1:N+1)...))
-    end
+function splitobs{N,T<:AbstractFloat}(data, at::NTuple{N,T}, obsdim=default_obsdim(data))
+    n = nobs(data, obsdim)
+    map(idx->datasubset(data, idx, obsdim), splitobs(n, at))
 end
diff --git a/test/tst_splitobs.jl b/test/tst_splitobs.jl
index 5434e53..453dbb1 100644
--- a/test/tst_splitobs.jl
+++ b/test/tst_splitobs.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 @test_throws DimensionMismatch splitobs((X, rand(149)), obsdim=:last)
 
 @testset "typestability" begin
+    @testset "Int" begin
+        @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(10, 0.)
+        @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(10, 1.)
+        @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(10, (0.2,0.0))
+        @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(10, (0.2,0.8))
+        @test_throws MethodError splitobs(10, 0.5, ObsDim.Undefined())
+        @test typeof(@inferred(splitobs(10))) <: NTuple{2}
+        @test eltype(@inferred(splitobs(10))) <: UnitRange
+        @test typeof(@inferred(splitobs(10, 0.5))) <: NTuple{2}
+        @test typeof(@inferred(splitobs(10, (0.5,0.2)))) <: NTuple{3}
+        @test eltype(@inferred(splitobs(10, 0.5))) <: UnitRange
+        @test eltype(@inferred(splitobs(10, (0.5,0.2)))) <: UnitRange
+        @test_throws ErrorException @inferred(splitobs(10, at=0.5))
+    end
     for var in vars
         @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(var, 0.)
         @test_throws ArgumentError splitobs(var, 1.)
@@ -36,10 +50,31 @@
     end
 end
 
+@testset "Int" begin
+    @test splitobs(10) == (1:7,8:10)
+    @test splitobs(10, 0.5) == (1:5,6:10)
+    @test splitobs(10, (0.5,0.3)) == (1:5,6:8,9:10)
+    @test splitobs(150) == splitobs(150, 0.7)
+    @test splitobs(150, at=0.5) == splitobs(150, 0.5)
+    @test splitobs(150, at=(0.5,0.2)) == splitobs(150, (0.5,0.2))
+    @test nobs.(splitobs(150)) == (105,45)
+    @test nobs.(splitobs(150, at=(.2,.3))) == (30,45,75)
+    @test nobs.(splitobs(150, at=(.1,.2,.3))) == (15,30,45,60)
+    # tests if all obs are still present and none duplicated
+    @test sum(sum.(getobs.(splitobs(150)))) == 11325
+    @test sum(sum.(splitobs(150,at=.1))) == 11325
+    @test sum(sum.(splitobs(150,at=(.2,.1)))) == 11325
+    @test sum(sum.(splitobs(150,at=(.1,.4,.2)))) == 11325
+    @test sum.(splitobs(150)) == (5565, 5760)
+end
+
+println("<HEARTBEAT>")
+
 @testset "Array, SparseArray, and SubArray" begin
     for var in (Xs, ys, vars...)
         @test splitobs(var) == splitobs(var, 0.7, ObsDim.Last())
         @test splitobs(var, at=0.5) == splitobs(var, 0.5, ObsDim.Last())
+        @test splitobs(var, at=(0.5,0.2)) == splitobs(var, (0.5,0.2), ObsDim.Last())
         @test splitobs(var, obsdim=1) == splitobs(var, 0.7, ObsDim.First())
         @test nobs.(splitobs(var)) == (105,45)
         @test nobs.(splitobs(var, at=(.2,.3))) == (30,45,75)