diff --git a/quinn/__init__.py b/quinn/__init__.py
index 1abe8799..1bad6148 100644
--- a/quinn/__init__.py
+++ b/quinn/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-
 """quinn API."""
 
 from quinn.append_if_schema_identical import append_if_schema_identical
+from quinn.split_columns import split_col
 from quinn.dataframe_helpers import (
     column_to_list,
     create_df,
diff --git a/quinn/functions.py b/quinn/functions.py
index c503db66..9f3b5a1a 100644
--- a/quinn/functions.py
+++ b/quinn/functions.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def forall(f: Callable[[Any], bool]) -> udf:
     :return: A spark UDF which accepts a list of arguments and returns True if all
     elements pass through the given boolean function, False otherwise.
     :rtype: UserDefinedFunction
-    """
+        """
 
     def temp_udf(list_: list) -> bool:
         return all(map(f, list_))
diff --git a/quinn/split_columns.py b/quinn/split_columns.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1479dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quinn/split_columns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+from typing import List
+from pyspark.sql import DataFrame
+from pyspark.sql.functions import split, when, length, trim, udf
+from pyspark.sql.types import IntegerType
+
+
+def split_col(df: DataFrame, col_name: str, delimiter: str,
+              new_col_names: List[str], mode: str = "strict", default: str = "default") -> DataFrame:
+    """
+    Splits the given column based on the delimiter and creates new columns with the split values.
+    :param df: The input DataFrame
+    :type df: pyspark.sql.DataFrame
+    :param col_name: The name of the column to split
+    :type col_name: str
+    :param delimiter: The delimiter to split the column on
+    :type delimiter: str
+    :param new_col_names: A list of two strings for the new column names
+    :type new_col_names: (List[str])
+    :param mode: The split mode. Can be "strict" or "permissive". Default is "strict"
+    :type mode: str
+    :param default: If the mode is "permissive" then default value will be assigned to column
+    :type mode: str
+    :return: dataframe: The resulting DataFrame with the split columns
+    :rtype: pyspark.sql.DataFrame
+    """
+    # Check if the column to be split exists in the DataFrame
+    if col_name not in df.columns:
+        raise ValueError(f"Column '{col_name}' not found in DataFrame.")
+
+    # Check if the delimiter is a string
+    if not isinstance(delimiter, str):
+        raise TypeError("Delimiter must be a string.")
+
+    # Check if the new column names are a list of strings
+    if not isinstance(new_col_names, list):
+        raise ValueError("New column names must be a list of strings.")
+
+    # Define a UDF to check the occurrence of delimitter
+    def num_delimiter(col_value1):
+        # Get the count of delimiter and store the result in no_of_delimiter
+        no_of_delimiter = col_value1.count(delimiter)
+        # Split col_value based on delimiter and store the result in split_value
+        split_value = col_value1.split(delimiter)
+
+        # Check if col_value is not None
+        if col_value1 is not None:
+
+            # Check if the no of delimiters in split_value is not as expected
+            if no_of_delimiter != len(new_col_names) - 1:
+
+                # If the length is not same, raise an IndexError with the message mentioning the expected and found length
+                raise IndexError(
+                    f"Expected {len(new_col_names)} elements after splitting on delimiter, found {len(split_value)} elements")
+
+            # If the length of split_value is same as new_col_names, check if any of the split values is None or empty string
+            elif any(map(lambda x: x is None or x.strip() == '', split_value[:len(new_col_names)])):
+                raise ValueError("Null or empty values are not accepted for columns in strict mode")
+
+            # If the above checks pass, return the count of delimiter
+            return int(no_of_delimiter)
+
+        # If col_value is None, return 0
+        return 0
+
+    num_udf = udf(lambda y: num_delimiter(y), IntegerType())
+
+    # Get the column expression for the column to be split
+    col_expr = df[col_name]
+
+    # Split the column by the delimiter
+    split_col_expr = split(trim(col_expr), delimiter)
+
+    # Check the split mode
+    if mode == "strict":
+
+        # Create an array of select expressions to create new columns from the split values
+        select_exprs = [when(split_col_expr.getItem(i) != '', split_col_expr.getItem(i))
+                        .alias(new_col_names[i])
+                        for i in range(len(new_col_names))]
+
+        # Select all the columns from the input DataFrame, along with the new split columns
+        df = df.select("*", *select_exprs)
+        df = df.withColumn("del_length", num_udf(df[col_name]))
+        df.cache()
+        # Drop the original column if the new columns were created successfully
+        df = df.select([c for c in df.columns if c not in {"del_length", col_name}])
+        #         df = df.select([c for c in df.columns if c != "col_length"])
+    #         return (df.select([c for c in df.columns if c not in {"col_length",col_name}]))
+
+    elif mode == "permissive":
+
+        # Create an array of select expressions to create new columns from the split values
+        # Use the default value if a split value is missing or empty
+        select_exprs = select_exprs = [when(length(split_col_expr.getItem(i)) > 0, split_col_expr.getItem(i)
+                                            ).otherwise(default).alias(new_col_names[i])
+                                       for i in range(len(new_col_names))]
+
+        # Select all the columns from the input DataFrame, along with the new split columns
+        # Drop the original column if the new columns were created successfully
+        df = df.select("*", *select_exprs).drop(col_name)
+        df.cache()
+
+    else:
+
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid mode: {mode}")
+
+    # Return the DataFrame with the split columns
+    return df
diff --git a/tests/test_split_columns.py b/tests/test_split_columns.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e518061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_split_columns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import quinn
+from tests.conftest import auto_inject_fixtures
+
+
+@auto_inject_fixtures("spark")
+def test_split_columns(spark):
+    # Create Spark DataFrame
+    data = [("chrisXXmoe", 2025, "bio"),
+            ("davidXXbb", 2026, "physics"),
+            ("sophiaXXraul", 2022, "bio"),
+            ("fredXXli", 2025, "physics"),
+            ("someXXperson", 2023, "math"),
+            ("liXXyao", 2025, "physics")]
+
+    df = spark.createDataFrame(data, ["student_name", "graduation_year", "major"])
+    # Define the delimiter
+    delimiter = "XX"
+
+    # New column names
+    new_col_names = ["student_first_name", "student_last_name"]
+
+    col_name = "student_name"
+    mode = "strict"
+    # Call split_col() function to split "student_name" column
+    new_df = quinn.split_col(df, col_name, delimiter, new_col_names, mode)
+
+    # Show the resulting DataFrame
+    new_df.show()
+
+    # Verify the resulting DataFrame has the expected columns and values
+    assert set(new_df.columns) == set(["graduation_year", "major", "student_first_name", "student_last_name"])
+    assert new_df.count() == 6
+    assert new_df.filter("student_first_name = 'chris'").count() == 1
+    assert new_df.filter("student_last_name = 'moe'").count() == 1
+
+    col_name1 = "non_existent_column"
+    # Verify that a ValueError is raised when calling split_col() with a non-existent column name
+    assert quinn.split_col(df, col_name1, delimiter, new_col_names, mode) is not None, ValueError("Error: split_col "
+                                                                                            "returned None")
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