content: -- @description
  -- split a string by a character
  --
  -- @param $theString - string to split
  -- @param $theSeparator - character defining the split
  -- @return - text between separator as list of items
  --
  on split(theString, theSeparator)
  	set saveTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
  	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to theSeparator
  	set theResult to text items of theString
  	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to saveTID
  	return theResult
  end split
  