diff --git a/doc/src/language/string-fn.md b/doc/src/language/string-fn.md
index 504ea0a6..5c3be69c 100644
--- a/doc/src/language/string-fn.md
+++ b/doc/src/language/string-fn.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using a [raw `Engine`]) operate on [strings]:
 | `contains`                | character/sub-string to search for                           | checks if a certain character or sub-string occurs in the string                                  |
 | `index_of`                | character/sub-string to search for, start index _(optional)_ | returns the index that a certain character or sub-string occurs in the string, or -1 if not found |
 | `sub_string`              | start index, length _(optional)_                             | extracts a sub-string (to the end of the string if length is not specified)                       |
+| `split`                   | delimiter character/string                                   | splits the string by the specified delimiter, returning an [array] of string segments             |
 | `crop`                    | start index, length _(optional)_                             | retains only a portion of the string (to the end of the string if length is not specified)        |
 | `replace`                 | target character/sub-string, replacement character/string    | replaces a sub-string with another                                                                |
 | `trim`                    | _none_                                                       | trims the string of whitespace at the beginning and end                                           |
diff --git a/src/packages/string_more.rs b/src/packages/string_more.rs
index c6ac9bc6..331ff4d9 100644
--- a/src/packages/string_more.rs
+++ b/src/packages/string_more.rs
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ mod string_functions {
     pub fn contains_char(s: &str, ch: char) -> bool {
         s.contains(ch)
     }
-    #[rhai_fn(name = "contains")]
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn contains_string(s: &str, find: ImmutableString) -> bool {
+    pub fn contains(s: &str, find: ImmutableString) -> bool {
         s.contains(find.as_str())
     }
 
@@ -230,13 +229,12 @@ mod string_functions {
             .unwrap_or(-1 as INT)
     }
     #[rhai_fn(name = "index_of")]
-    pub fn index_of_string(s: &str, find: ImmutableString) -> INT {
+    pub fn index_of(s: &str, find: ImmutableString) -> INT {
         s.find(find.as_str())
             .map(|index| s[0..index].chars().count() as INT)
             .unwrap_or(-1 as INT)
     }
 
-    #[rhai_fn(name = "sub_string")]
     pub fn sub_string(s: &str, start: INT, len: INT) -> ImmutableString {
         let offset = if s.is_empty() || len <= 0 {
             return "".to_string().into();
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ mod string_functions {
     }
 
     #[rhai_fn(name = "crop")]
-    pub fn crop_string(s: &mut ImmutableString, start: INT, len: INT) {
+    pub fn crop(s: &mut ImmutableString, start: INT, len: INT) {
         let offset = if s.is_empty() || len <= 0 {
             s.make_mut().clear();
             return;
@@ -300,12 +298,12 @@ mod string_functions {
     #[rhai_fn(name = "crop")]
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn crop_string_starting_from(s: &mut ImmutableString, start: INT) {
-        crop_string(s, start, s.len() as INT);
+        crop(s, start, s.len() as INT);
     }
 
     #[rhai_fn(name = "replace")]
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn replace_string(s: &mut ImmutableString, find: ImmutableString, sub: ImmutableString) {
+    pub fn replace(s: &mut ImmutableString, find: ImmutableString, sub: ImmutableString) {
         *s = s.replace(find.as_str(), sub.as_str()).into();
     }
     #[rhai_fn(name = "replace")]
@@ -338,6 +336,18 @@ mod string_functions {
         pub fn prepend(x: &mut Array, y: &str) -> String {
             format!("{:?}{}", x, y)
         }
+
+        #[inline(always)]
+        pub fn split(s: &str, delimiter: ImmutableString) -> Array {
+            s.split(delimiter.as_str())
+                .map(Into::<Dynamic>::into)
+                .collect()
+        }
+        #[rhai_fn(name = "split")]
+        #[inline(always)]
+        pub fn split_char(s: &str, delimiter: char) -> Array {
+            s.split(delimiter).map(Into::<Dynamic>::into).collect()
+        }
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
diff --git a/tests/string.rs b/tests/string.rs
index 908b4c6c..786ec106 100644
--- a/tests/string.rs
+++ b/tests/string.rs
@@ -186,3 +186,24 @@ fn test_string_fn() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
+#[test]
+fn test_string_split() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+    let engine = Engine::new();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        engine.eval::<INT>(
+            r#"let x = "\u2764\u2764\u2764 hello! \u2764\u2764\u2764"; x.split(' ').len"#
+        )?,
+        3
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        engine.eval::<INT>(
+            r#"let x = "\u2764\u2764\u2764 hello! \u2764\u2764\u2764"; x.split("hello").len"#
+        )?,
+        2
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}