strings Usage local inspect = require("inspect") local strings = require("strings") -- strings.split(string, sep) local result = strings.split("a b c d", " ") print(inspect(result, {newline="", indent=""})) -- Output: { "a", "b", "c", "d" } -- strings.has_prefix(string, prefix) local result = strings.has_prefix("abcd", "a") -- Output: true -- strings.has_suffix(string, suffix) local result = strings.has_suffix("abcd", "d") -- Output: true -- strings.trim(string, cutset) local result = strings.trim("abcd", "d") -- Output: abc -- strings.contains(string, substring) local result = strings.contains("abcd", "d") -- Output: true Reader/Writer classes often used with json+yaml Encoder/Decoder reader = strings.new_reader([[{"foo":"bar","baz":"buz"}]]) assert(reader:read("*a") == [[{"foo":"bar","baz":"buz"}]]) writer = strings.new_builder() writer:write("foo", "bar", 123) assert(writer:string() == "foobar123")
