diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 444836a0eb8..958fe72a6f7 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -546,4 +546,6 @@ proc/checkhtml(var/t)
 	text = replacetext(text, "</td><tr>",				"\[row\]")
 	text = replacetext(text, "<td>",					"\[cell\]")
 	text = replacetext(text, "<img src = ntlogo.png>",	"\[logo\]")
-	return text
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+	return text
+
+#define string2charlist(string) (splittext(string, regex("(\\x0A|.)")) - splittext(string, ""))
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