diff --git a/packages/core/README.md b/packages/core/README.md
index ac8ced92bb..0799701b05 100644
--- a/packages/core/README.md
+++ b/packages/core/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Outputs can be set with `setOutput` which makes them available to be mapped into
 const myInput = core.getInput('inputName', { required: true });
 const myBooleanInput = core.getBooleanInput('booleanInputName', { required: true });
 const myMultilineInput = core.getMultilineInput('multilineInputName', { required: true });
+const myArrayInput = core.getStringAsArray('stringAsArray', { required: true });
 core.setOutput('outputKey', 'outputVal');
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/core/__tests__/core.test.ts b/packages/core/__tests__/core.test.ts
index 2928788d7f..4556032a3d 100644
--- a/packages/core/__tests__/core.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/__tests__/core.test.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,17 @@ describe('@actions/core', () => {
     ).toEqual(['  val1  ', '  val2  ', '  '])
   })
 
+  it('getStringAsArray; separated by either comma or new line', () => {
+    expect(
+      core.getStringAsArray(`
+        line 1,
+        line 2,
+
+        comma 1, comma 2,,
+      `)
+    ).toEqual(['line 1', 'line 2', 'comma 1', 'comma 2'])
+  })
+
   it('legacy setOutput produces the correct command', () => {
     core.setOutput('some output', 'some value')
     assertWriteCalls([
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index 0a1416937c..1725af68e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,25 @@ export function getMultilineInput(
   return inputs.map(input => input.trim())
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets the values of an array-like input (separated by comma or new lines).  Each value is also trimmed.
+ *
+ * @param     name     name of the input to get
+ * @param     options  optional. See InputOptions.
+ * @returns   string[]
+ *
+ */
+export function getStringAsArray(
+  name: string,
+  options?: InputOptions
+): string[] {
+  const inputs: string[] = getInput(name, options)
+    .split(/[\n,]+/)
+    .map(s => s.trim())
+    .filter(x => x !== '');
+  return inputs;
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the input value of the boolean type in the YAML 1.2 "core schema" specification.
  * Support boolean input list: `true | True | TRUE | false | False | FALSE` .