>Is there a SPLIT function like VB has to parse a string by a delimiter passed to the function and return an array? I can certainly write my own but it seems there should be one already avaliable just can't put my finger on it.

Simply you can do:

ALines(laArray, strtran(lcString, lcDelemiter, chr(13)))

The only thing you have to worry is if lcString already contains carraige returns and line feeds.