2019 10 14 froms

[thedavidmeister]

PR summary

i want a few extra froms to help messing with strings downstream in sim1h

Review checklist

• [ ] The story has unit or integration tests
• [ ] No new bugs, and any tech-debt is identified and justified
• [ ] There is enough API documentation (how to use)
• [ ] There is enough code documentation (how the code works)