explode.js

function explode (delimiter, string, limit) {

  if ( arguments.length < 2 || typeof delimiter == 'undefined' || typeof string == 'undefined' ) return null;
  if ( delimiter === '' || delimiter === false || delimiter === null) return false;
  if ( typeof delimiter == 'function' || typeof delimiter == 'object' || typeof string == 'function' || typeof string == 'object'){
    return { 0: '' };
  }
  if ( delimiter === true ) delimiter = '1';
  
  // Here we go...
  delimiter += '';
  string += '';
  
  var s = string.split( delimiter );
  

  if ( typeof limit === 'undefined' ) return s;
  
  // Support for limit
  if ( limit === 0 ) limit = 1;
  
  // Positive limit
  if ( limit > 0 ){
    if ( limit >= s.length ) return s;
    return s.slice( 0, limit - 1 ).concat( [ s.slice( limit - 1 ).join( delimiter ) ] );
  }

  // Negative limit
  if ( -limit >= s.length ) return [];
  
  s.splice( s.length + limit );
  return s;
}