void strnsplit(char *str, char c, int n, char dest[10][250]) {
    int i;
    int j;
    int k = 0;

    /* if the number of characters to split at is less than the number of
     * requested splits -- thats ok.
     * otherwise, the max # of splits must be the # of characters to split at
     */
    int nc = scount_chars(str, c);
    n = (nc < n) ? n : nc;
    /* while there is still a string left to split */
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        j = 0;
        /* while we're not at a split character, or the end of the string... */
        while (str[k] != c && str[k] != '\0') {
            /* ...copy the current character... */
            dest[i][j] = str[k];
            /* ...increment the iterators */
            j++;
            k++;
        }
        /* terminate the current string */
        dest[i][j] = '\0';
        k++;
    }
}