split string function lua code example
Example 1: lua string.split
function Split(s, delimiter)
result = {};
for match in (s..delimiter):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter) do
table.insert(result, match);
end
return result;
end
split_string = Split("Hello World!", " ")
-- split_string[1] = "Hello"
-- split_string[2] = "World!"
Example 2: lua string split
function stringsplit(inputstr, sep)
if sep == nil then
sep = "%s"
end
local t={}
i=1
for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
t[i] = str i = i + 1
end
return t
end