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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(frame)
--[[
By Notmyhandle, working August 9th, 2014, compatibility is Lua 5.1 or 5.2, not sure
args:
1:string
2:delimiter character (divider character)
]]--
--If no string is present, don't waste any more time.
if (frame.args[1]=='') then return false end
local finalstring,rindex,s,e = 0
local rindexdebug,rindexnegativedebug,capturedstring,capturedstringdebug = "string"
--capture the starting index
s = string.find(frame.args[1],frame.args[2])
if (frame.args[3]=='left') then
--capture the index of the left side of the first delimiter character
rindex = (s-1)
capturedstring = string.sub(frame.args[1], 1, rindex)
if (frame.args[4]=='debug') then
rindexdebug = string.format("%s %d %s", "rindex = ", rindex, "<br>")
rindexnegative = rindex * -1
rindexnegativedebug = string.format("%s %d %s", "rindexnegative = ", rindexnegative, "<br>")
capturedstringdebug = string.format("%s %s", "capturedstring = ", capturedstring)
finalstring = string.format("%s %s %s", rindexdebug, rindexnegativedebug, capturedstringdebug)
else
finalstring = capturedstring
end
else
--capture the index of the right side of the first delimiter character
rindex = (s+1)
finalstring = string.sub(frame.args[1], rindex)
end
return finalstring
end
function p.find(frame)
--[[
args:
1:string
2:delimiter character (divider character)
3:starting position (far left if not set)
4:set to 'true' if you want plain matching enabled.
See http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial
]]--
return string.find(frame.args[1],frame.args[2],frame.args[3],frame.args[4])
end
return p