Re: splitting string

[Jamie Webb <j@...>]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 07:51:40AM +0000, Jacek Pop?awski wrote:
> What is simplest way to do it in Lua? In Python there is predefined function to
> split string, must I write one for Lua myself?

Yes. Try:

function split(str)
    local r = {}
    for m in string.gfind(str, "[^%s]+") do
        table.insert(r, m)
    end
    return r
end

-- Jamie Webb