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Delete first n lines of a string
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| function del_first_lines(astring, n) | |
| -- parameters: string and number of initial lines to be deleted | |
| local result = "" | |
| local deleted = n | |
| local newfirst = true | |
| for line in astring:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do | |
| if deleted > 0 then | |
| deleted = deleted - 1 | |
| else | |
| if newfirst then | |
| result = result .. line | |
| newfirst = false | |
| else | |
| result = result .. "\n" .. line | |
| end | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return result | |
| end |
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