Module:Sandbox/Element10101/Split

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{{#invoke:Split|split|string|separator}} splits a string between strings separated by the separator, which defaults to a space.

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local p = {}

p.split = function (inputstr, sep)
   -- if sep is null, set it as space
   if sep == nil then
      sep = '%s'
   end
   
   -- define an array
   local t = {}
   -- split string based on sep   
   for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, '([^'..sep..']+)') do
      -- insert the substring in table
      table.insert(t, str)
   end
   -- return the array
   return t
end

return p