Re: table.split?

[Richard Warburton <richard@...>]

> On 1/11/07, Richard Warburton <richard@warburton.it> wrote:
>   
> > > Since we have table.concat, any chance of adding a complementing
> > > function (perhaps table.split) to the standard libraries?
> > >
> > > [..snip..]
> >     
>
> Arguably, the most versatile and elegant implementation of split
> function (generator) I ever saw is due to Rici Lake:
> http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2006-12/msg00414.html
>
>   
Perhaps, but what I was suggesting is the exact inverse of table.concat 
(without pattern matching - unless table.concat somehow does pattern 
matching?).

I.E. 
start = {'H','E','L','L','O'}
middle = table.concat(start,'[*]') -> "H[*]E[*]L[*]L[*]O"
end = table.split(middle,'[*]') - > {'H','E','L','L','O'}