split.lua

This is a simple function that returns a table of a string split at a delimiter. This words identically to Python's split function.

Installation

You can copy the entirety of this file into your project, or you can simply do

require("split")

Assuming the file split.lua is in the same directory.

Usage

The function assumes a string and a delimiter to split it by

require("split")
splitString = split("This is a test sentence", " ")
print(splitString[2]) -- Prints 'is' to the console
-- Delimiters can also more than one character
splitString = split("This<>is<>a<>test<>sentence", "<>")
print(splitString[2]) -- Also prints 'is' to the console

License

This function is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md for more details.