GabrielBdeC

--Returns a table splitting some string with a delimiter
--Changes to enhance the code from https://gist.github.com/jaredallard/ddb152179831dd23b230
function string:split(delimiter)
    local result = {}
    local from = 1
    local delim_from, delim_to = string.find(self, delimiter, from, true)
    while delim_from do
        if (delim_from ~= 1) then
            table.insert(result, string.sub(self, from, delim_from-1))
        end

jaredallard

-- split a string
function string:split(delimiter)
  local result = { }
  local from  = 1
  local delim_from, delim_to = string.find( self, delimiter, from  )
  while delim_from do
    table.insert( result, string.sub( self, from , delim_from-1 ) )
    from  = delim_to + 1
    delim_from, delim_to = string.find( self, delimiter, from  )
  end