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diff --git a/tex/context/base/syst-aux.lua b/tex/context/base/syst-aux.lua
index f9c0dfc1c..9ef28996a 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/syst-aux.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/syst-aux.lua
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ function commands.getfirstcharacter(str)
setvalue("remainingcharacters",rest)
end
+function commands.thefirstcharacter(str)
+ local first, rest = lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+ context(first)
+end
+function commands.theremainingcharacters(str)
+ local first, rest = lpegmatch(pattern,str)
+ context(rest)
+end
+
local pattern = C(utf8char^-1)
function commands.doiffirstcharelse(chr,str)