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 (frame)
	inputstr = frame.args[1]
	sep = frame.args[2]
    -- 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