dcsex.string

String - extensions to lua strings

Contents

1. Functions
   1. _t.firstToUpper(str)
   2. _t.interp(s, tab)
   3. _t.join(tbl, sep)
   4. _t.split(str, sep)
   5. _t.startsWith(haystack, needle)
   6. _t.trim(str)

Functions

_t.firstToUpper(str)

Parameters

str

A string

Returns

• A string, with the first letter uppercased.

_t.interp(s, tab)

tab is a table of name=value pairs.

Parameters

s

string with possible substitution keys.

tab

table of name=value pairs used in the substitution.

Returns

• [string] expanded with substitutions.

_t.join(tbl, sep)

Parameters

tbl

A table of typically strings

sep

seperator string to use

Returns

• A string

_t.split(str, sep)

Return a array of the resulting substrings.

Parameters

str

string to split

sep

seperator substring to split the string on, this sequence of characters will not exist in the resultant substrings.

Returns

• array of split strings

_t.startsWith(haystack, needle)

Parameters

haystack

the string

needle

the substring to look for

Returns

• True if it starts with needle, false otherwise

_t.trim(str)

Parameters

str

A string

Returns

• a trimmed string