Module:SplitStringToTable

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local p = {} --p stands for package

--- Escape pattern for regex

--- @param s string string to escape
--- @return string
local function escapePattern(s)
	return s:gsub("%W", "%%%1")
end

--- Split string by delimiter and return the table of string parts
---
--- @param str string String to split
--- @param delimiter string Delimiter used to split the string, default to %s
--- @return table
function p.splitStringIntoTable( str, delimiter )
        if delimiter == nil then
                delimiter = "%s"
        end
        local t = {}
        local pattern = '[^' .. escapePattern( delimiter ) .. ']+'
        for s in string.gmatch( str, pattern ) do
                table.insert( t, s )
        end
        return t
end

return p