From 77acfb3338d8a6620c753f7cb6f9153e1c72f15f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vugi99 <voltaism.mail@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 12:07:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] string.Split and string.SafePattern

---
 string.lua | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/string.lua b/string.lua
index 7ba6a0c..45c74f7 100644
--- a/string.lua
+++ b/string.lua
@@ -33,3 +33,43 @@ function string.ToTable(str)
 
 	return tbl
 end
+
+local escaped_pattern_characters = {
+    ["("] = "%(",
+	[")"] = "%)",
+	["["] = "%[",
+	["]"] = "%]",
+	["."] = "%.",
+	["%"] = "%%",
+	["+"] = "%+",
+	["-"] = "%-",
+	["*"] = "%*",
+	["?"] = "%?",
+	["^"] = "%^",
+	["$"] = "%$",
+	["\0"] = "%z"
+}
+
+function string.SafePattern(str)
+    return string.gsub(str, ".", escaped_pattern_characters)
+end
+
+function string.Split(str, delimiter, is_pattern)
+    if (not delimiter) or delimiter == "" then
+        return string.ToTable(str)
+    end
+
+    local cur_i = 1
+
+    local tbl = {}
+    for _=1, string.len(str) do
+        local start_i, end_i = string.find(str, delimiter, cur_i, not is_pattern)
+        if not start_i then break end
+        tbl[#tbl+1] = string.sub(str, cur_i, start_i-1)
+        cur_i = end_i+1
+    end
+
+    tbl[#tbl+1] = string.sub(str, cur_i)
+
+    return tbl
+end
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