Sea.util.split = function ( text, separator, t, noPurge ) 
		local value;
	   	local mstart, mend = 1;
		local oldn, numMatches = 0, 0;
		local regexKey = "([^"..separator.."]+)";
		local sfind = strfind;	-- string.find if not in WoW (n calls)
		
		if ( not t ) then
			t = {};
		else
			oldn = table.getn(t);
		end
		
		-- Using string.find instead of string.gfind to avoid garbage generation
		mstart, mend, value = sfind(text, regexKey, mstart);
	   	while (value) do
			numMatches = numMatches + 1;
			t[numMatches] = value
			mstart = mend + 1;
			mstart, mend, value = sfind(text, regexKey, mstart);
	   	end
		
		if ( not noPurge ) then
			for i = numMatches+1, oldn do
				t[i] = nil;
			end
		end
		
		table.setn(t, numMatches);
		
		return t;
	end