Module:Utils

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local p = {};

function p.toTable(s,delimiter1,delimiter2,delimiter3)
    local result = {};
    delimiter1 = delimiter1 or ',';
    delimiter2 = delimiter2 or '\\=';
    delimiter3 = delimiter3 or ';';
    local ind = '';
    for match1 in (s..delimiter1):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter1) do
    	for match2 in (match1..delimiter2):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter2) do
    		if ind == '' then
        		ind = match2;
    		else
    			result[ind] = match2;
    			ind = '';
    		end
    	end
    end
    if (delimiter3 ~= '') then
    	for k,v in pairs(result) do
	        result[k] = string.gsub(v,delimiter3,',');
	    end
    end
    return result;
end

function p.toNumberedTable(s, delimiter1)
    local result = {};
    delimiter1 = delimiter1 or '/';
    for match1 in (s..delimiter1):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter1) do
    	result[#result+1] = match1;
    end
    return result;
end

function p.trimBrackets(s)
	local ls = string.gsub(s,"%[",'');
	local rs = string.gsub(ls,"%]",'');
    return rs;
end

function p.toBoolean(s)
	if (type(s)=="string" and s=="true") or (type(s)=="number" and s==1) then
		return true;
	else
		return false;
	end
end

return p