[cbarnes]

I would suggest the PHP docs on "split".

http://us3.php.net/split

Basically, split is used to create an array from a string that is seperated by a delimiter.

Here is an example:

Let's say you have a string:

blue,red,yellow,orange,green,purple

You can use the function to split this string into an array.

{assign var="color" value=","|split:"blue,red,yellow,orange,green,purple"}

Now, you can use this array.

{section name=mysec loop=$color}
{$color[mysec]}

{/section}

This should print out:

blue
red
yellow
orange
green
purple