From 7f087e4530ba676628301142f330242ff445e6e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: merakor <cem@ckyln.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 22:07:40 +0000
Subject: sepchar(): add function to seperate characters on given string

FossilOrigin-Name: 3c44de3bfd6fbf69658371b2d8cd4d30043dd6f9b568c43ab30291925ebc582e
---
 src/cpt-lib.in | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cpt-lib.in b/src/cpt-lib.in
index 5e5e7b4..cc4938b 100644
--- a/src/cpt-lib.in
+++ b/src/cpt-lib.in
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ trap_set() {
     esac
 }
 
+sepchar() (
+    # Seperate every character on the given string without resorting to external
+    # processes.
+    [ "$1" ] || return 0; str=$1; set --
+    while [ "$str" ]; do
+        str_tmp=$str
+        for i in $(_seq $(( ${#str} - 1 ))); do
+            str_tmp=${str_tmp%?}
+        done
+        set -- "$@" "$str_tmp"
+        str=${str#$str_tmp}
+    done
+    printf '%s\n' "$@"
+)
+
 _seq() (
     # Pure shell counter meant to be used in 'for' loops.
     i=0 buf=''
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