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Split strings in Lua, the Python way
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| function string.split(s, pattern, init, plain) | |
| local function f(s, init) | |
| local n = #s + 1 | |
| if init > n then return nil end | |
| local i, j = s:find(pattern, init, plain) | |
| if i == nil then | |
| return n + 1, init, n - 1 | |
| else | |
| return j + 1, init, i - 1 | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return f, s, init or 1 | |
| end |
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