HomeSYNOPSIS
result = string.rawsplit(str, pattern);
DESCRIPTION
Splits the string str at the delimiters given by pattern.
This function does not do any special character processing as gsub would.
This function does not do any special character processing as gsub would.
RETURN VALUE
Returns a table that contains a list of all sections that the original string was cut into.
Empty strings before the first delimiter or after the last delimiter are included in the result.
Empty strings before the first delimiter or after the last delimiter are included in the result.
ERRORS
Both arguments must be strings, or an error is thrown.
EXAMPLE
>
tbl = string.rawsplit(";A;B;C;", ";")
>
for k,v in pairs(tbl) do print(k,v) end
1
2 A
3 B
4 C
5