string.split in lua

string.split.lua

-- 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
  table.insert( result, string.sub( self, from  ) )
  return result
end

Thanks mate!

Thank you very much! Helped a lot!

Thanks..

Thanks!

Check my fork to see some changes that enhaced the code:

https://gist.github.com/GabrielBdeC/b055af60707115cbc954b0751d87ec23

do you mined if i put this into my utilities module

Please feel free

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are you sure you meant to put the email on the comment

Thanks, that was awful 😅

To be clear, for anyone else seeing this -- feel free to use it however you see fit. Consider it WTFPL licensed.

Herp, I assumed this was something I wrote 🫥