Index: funcs/func_strings.c
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--- funcs/func_strings.c	(revision 8072)
+++ funcs/func_strings.c	(working copy)
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@
 	if (delim) {
 		varname = strsep(&delim, "|");
 		pbx_retrieve_variable(chan, varname, &varval, workspace, sizeof(workspace), NULL);
-		while (strsep(&varval, delim))
-			fieldcount++;
+		if(delim) {
+			while (strsep(&varval, delim))
+				fieldcount++;
+		} else if (varval)
+			fieldcount = 1;
 		snprintf(buf, len, "%d", fieldcount);
 	} else {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory\n");