diff --git a/src/global.tcl b/src/global.tcl
index 56f0738..fc6af4b 100644
--- a/src/global.tcl
+++ b/src/global.tcl
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ namespace eval ::testcl {
 proc ::testcl::getfield { str delim ind } {
   log::log debug "GLOBAL::getfield $str $delim $ind invoked"
 
-  return [lindex [split $str $delim] [expr {$ind - 1}]]
+  if { [string len $delim] == 1 } {
+    return [lindex [split $str $delim] [expr {$ind - 1}]]	  	  
+  }
+  # See https://gist.github.com/ncimino/5526288
+  set mc \x00
+  return [lindex [split [string map [list $delim $mc] $str] $mc] [expr {$ind - 1}]]
 }
 
 # testcl::log --
diff --git a/test/test_global.tcl b/test/test_global.tcl
index 3d56f89..ce78458 100644
--- a/test/test_global.tcl
+++ b/test/test_global.tcl
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ assertStringEquals [getfield "foo:bar" ":" 0] ""
 assertStringEquals [getfield "foo:bar" ":" 1] "foo"
 assertStringEquals [getfield "foo:bar" ":" 2] "bar"
 assertStringEquals [getfield "foo:bar" ":" 3] ""
+
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" -1] ""
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" 0] ""
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" 1] "st-"
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" 2] "-ts"
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" 3] ""
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts" "str" 42] ""
+
+assertStringEquals [getfield "st-str-ts-str-foo" "str" 3] "-foo"
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