func tokenize(string, sep, esc) {
    var fields = string.split(
        Regex(esc.escape + '.(*SKIP)(*FAIL)|' + sep.escape, 's'), -1
    )
    fields.map{.gsub(Regex(esc.escape + '(.)'), {|s1| s1 }) }
}

tokenize("one^|uno||three^^^^|four^^^|^cuatro|", '|', '^').each { |str|
    say str.dump
}