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--- Various utility functions for working with strings.
stringutil = {}
--- Concats all the given items by invoking tostring on them into one string.
--
-- @param ... The items to concat.
-- @return The concatenated items as string.
function stringutil.concat(...)
if ... == nil then
return ""
end
local string = ""
for idx, value in ipairs({...}) do
string = string .. tostring(value)
end
return string
end
--- Tests if the given text ends with the given value.
--
-- @param text The text to check if it ends with the given value.
-- @param value The value that text should end with.
-- @return true if the given text ends with the value.
function stringutil.endswith(text, value)
if text == nil or value == nil then
return false
end
if value == "" then
return true
end
return string.sub(text, -string.len(value)) == value
end
--- Splits the given text using the given split value. Returns the splitted text
-- as List. If the string is empty or nil, the returned list will not contain
-- any entries. If the string only contains a value without a separator,
-- the list will contain one value, if it contains only the separator,
-- two empty values.
--
-- @param text The text to split.
-- @param split The split value.
-- @return The list of splitted values.
function stringutil.split(text, split)
local splitted = List:new()
if string ~= nil and #text > 0 then
local previous_starts = 0
local previous_ends = 0
local starts, ends = string.find(text, split, 0, true)
while ends ~= nil do
splitted:add(string.sub(text, previous_ends + 1, starts - 1))
previous_starts = starts
previous_ends = ends
starts, ends = string.find(text, split, ends + 1, true)
end
if previous_ends > 0 or splitted:size() == 0 then
splitted:add(string.sub(text, previous_ends + 1))
end
end
return splitted
end
--- Tests if the given text starts with the given value.
--
-- @param text The text to check if it starts with the given value.
-- @param value The value that text should start with.
-- @return true if the given text starts with the value.
function stringutil.startswith(text, value)
if text == nil or value == nil then
return false
end
if value == "" then
return true
end
return string.sub(text, 1, string.len(value)) == value
end