kgriffs

function string:contains(sub)
    return self:find(sub, 1, true) ~= nil
end

function string:startswith(start)
    return self:sub(1, #start) == start
end

function string:endswith(ending)

tkfu

[
  {
    "name": "Aboleth",
    "meta": "Large aberration, lawful evil",
    "Armor Class": "17 (Natural Armor)",
    "Hit Points": "135 (18d10 + 36)",
    "Speed": "10 ft., swim 40 ft. ",
    "STR": "21",
    "STR_mod": "(+5)",
    "DEX": "9",

tylerneylon

--[[ json.lua

A compact pure-Lua JSON library.
The main functions are: json.stringify, json.parse.

## json.stringify:

This expects the following to be true of any tables being encoded:
 * They only have string or number keys. Number keys must be represented as
   strings in json; this is part of the json spec.

hieblmedia

#
# If all files excluded and you will include only specific sub-directories
# the parent path must matched before.
#

/**
!/.gitignore

###############################
# Un-ignore the affected subdirectory

MihailJP

function clone (t) -- deep-copy a table
    if type(t) ~= "table" then return t end
    local meta = getmetatable(t)
    local target = {}
    for k, v in pairs(t) do
        if type(v) == "table" then
            target[k] = clone(v)
        else
            target[k] = v
        end