Shortest way to split strings

CREATE FUNCTION FN_SplitSTRING (@Text nVarchar(max), @Delimeter nVarchar(50))
RETURNS @Table Table (Item Varchar(200))
/*
Written By: Nitish Kumar.
Objective: To split string with delimeter.
Written On: 28-July-2015.
      SELECT * FROM FN_SplitSTRING('1,2,3,5,6,4,8',',')
      SELECT * FROM FN_SplitSTRING('NITISH, KUMAR, JHA, FROM, SAMASTIPUR',',')
      SELECT * FROM FN_SplitSTRING('17*858*858*8569*89*58*nitish','*')
*/
AS
BEGIN
   
      DECLARE @i INT= LEN(@Text)

      WHILE @i <> 0
      BEGIN

            INSERT INTO @Table SELECT LTRIM(RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@Text,0,CHARINDEX(@Delimeter,@Text))))

            SET @Text= RIGHT(@Text,LEN(@Text) - LEN(SUBSTRING(@Text,0,CHARINDEX(@Delimeter,@Text)+1)) )

            IF(LEN(SUBSTRING(@Text,0,CHARINDEX(@Delimeter,@Text)+1)) = 0)
            BEGIN    
                  INSERT INTO @Table SELECT LTRIM(@Text)
                  SET @i= 1;
            END

            SET @i= @i-1
      END
   
      RETURN
END
GO