diff --git a/extras/the jucer/src/model/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp b/extras/the jucer/src/model/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp
index e07acffb3b..8ec7f5ad7d 100644
--- a/extras/the jucer/src/model/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp	
+++ b/extras/the jucer/src/model/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp	
@@ -561,10 +561,8 @@ void ComponentTypeHandler::fillInCreationCode (GeneratedCode& code, Component* c
         s << "());\n";
     else
     {
-        StringArray lines;
-        lines.addLines (params);
-
-        params = lines.joinIntoString ("\n" + String::repeatedString (" ", s.length() + 2));
+        params = StringArray::fromLines (params)
+                    .joinIntoString ("\n" + String::repeatedString (" ", s.length() + 2));
 
         s << " (" << params << "));\n";
     }
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_Network.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_Network.cpp
index 0dd84e8815..35dbd735aa 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_Network.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_Network.cpp
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ private:
 
         if (responseHeader.isNotEmpty())
         {
-            headerLines.clear();
-            headerLines.addLines (responseHeader);
+            headerLines = StringArray::fromLines (responseHeader);
 
             const int statusCode = responseHeader.fromFirstOccurrenceOf (" ", false, false)
                                                  .substring (0, 3).getIntValue();
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
index 22294bb350..00b03bfe17 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
@@ -1077,9 +1077,7 @@ private:
 
 bool ChildProcess::start (const String& command)
 {
-    StringArray tokens;
-    tokens.addTokens (command, true);
-    return start (tokens);
+    return start (StringArray::fromTokens (command, true));
 }
 
 bool ChildProcess::start (const StringArray& args)
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.cpp b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.cpp
index 4e0856ddb2..6e294c69a5 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.cpp
@@ -418,6 +418,30 @@ int StringArray::addLines (const String& sourceText)
     return numLines;
 }
 
+StringArray StringArray::fromTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
+                                     bool preserveQuotedStrings)
+{
+    StringArray s;
+    s.addTokens (stringToTokenise, preserveQuotedStrings);
+    return s;
+}
+
+StringArray StringArray::fromTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
+                                     const String& breakCharacters,
+                                     const String& quoteCharacters)
+{
+    StringArray s;
+    s.addTokens (stringToTokenise, breakCharacters, quoteCharacters);
+    return s;
+}
+
+StringArray StringArray::fromLines (const String& stringToBreakUp)
+{
+    StringArray s;
+    s.addLines (stringToBreakUp);
+    return s;
+}
+
 //==============================================================================
 void StringArray::removeDuplicates (const bool ignoreCase)
 {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.h
index b0cd6f6a37..bfc068fe9e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.h
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ public:
 
         This will tokenise the given string using whitespace characters as the
         token delimiters, and will add these tokens to the end of the array.
-
         @returns    the number of tokens added
+        @see fromTokens
     */
     int addTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
                    bool preserveQuotedStrings);
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ public:
                                     which are treated as quotes. Any text occurring
                                     between quotes is not broken up into tokens.
         @returns    the number of tokens added
+        @see fromTokens
     */
     int addTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
                    const String& breakCharacters,
@@ -242,6 +243,40 @@ public:
     */
     int addLines (const String& stringToBreakUp);
 
+    /** Returns an array containing the tokens in a given string.
+
+        This will tokenise the given string using whitespace characters as the
+        token delimiters, and return these tokens as an array.
+        @see addTokens
+    */
+    static StringArray fromTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
+                                   bool preserveQuotedStrings);
+
+    /** Returns an array containing the tokens in a given string.
+
+        This will tokenise the given string using whitespace characters as the
+        token delimiters, and return these tokens as an array.
+
+        @param stringToTokenise     the string to tokenise
+        @param breakCharacters      a string of characters, any of which will be considered
+                                    to be a token delimiter.
+        @param quoteCharacters      if this string isn't empty, it defines a set of characters
+                                    which are treated as quotes. Any text occurring
+                                    between quotes is not broken up into tokens.
+        @see addTokens
+    */
+    static StringArray fromTokens (const String& stringToTokenise,
+                                   const String& breakCharacters,
+                                   const String& quoteCharacters);
+
+    /** Returns an array containing the lines in a given string.
+
+        This breaks a string down into lines separated by \\n or \\r\\n, and returns an
+        array containing these lines. Line-break characters are omitted from the strings that
+        are added to the array.
+    */
+    static StringArray fromLines (const String& stringToBreakUp);
+
     //==============================================================================
     /** Removes all elements from the array. */
     void clear();
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeDocument.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeDocument.cpp
index e9e159eddb..58963f7dd0 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeDocument.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeDocument.cpp
@@ -584,9 +584,8 @@ void CodeDocument::replaceSection (const int start, const int end, const String&
 
 void CodeDocument::applyChanges (const String& newContent)
 {
-    StringArray correctedLines;
-    correctedLines.addLines (newContent);
-    const String corrected (correctedLines.joinIntoString (newLineChars));
+    const String corrected (StringArray::fromLines (newContent)
+                                .joinIntoString (newLineChars));
 
     TextDiff diff (getAllContent(), corrected);