Module:Explode

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Explode/Documentation

--[[
This module is used to explode a passed string into parts. First parameter is the divider string to divide the string at. The second parameter is the string.
]]--
local p = {}

function p.explode(div,str) -- credit: http://richard.warburton.it

  if (div=='') then return false end
  local pos,arr = 0,{}
  -- for each divider found
  for st,sp in function() return string.find(str,div,pos,true) end do
    table.insert(arr,string.sub(str,pos,st-1)) -- Attach chars left of current divider
    pos = sp + 1 -- Jump past current divider
  end
  table.insert(arr,string.sub(str,pos)) -- Attach chars right of last divider
  return arr

end

return p