diff --git a/util/split.go b/util/split.go
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+++ b/util/split.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+func SplitN(text string, n int) ([]string, int) {
+	if n == 0 {
+		return []string{text}, 1
+	}
+
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
+	tokens := re.Split(text, n)
+	return tokens, len(tokens)
+}