tokenize delimiter, string
<command> $*
e.g.
tokenize 32 this is a string
echo -a $*
First off $* is undocumented so it could be removed at any time without any notification.
Second, try doing multiple commands with $*. To do so, you have to write an alias.
Third, try doing something like:
tokenize 32 this is an example | if ($* == is) { echo -a $v1 }