a bunch of.lua

function string.split(inputstr, sep)

local sep = sep or '%s'

local split = {}

for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, '([^' .. sep .. ']+)') do

table.insert(split, str)

end

return split

end

function getRidOfSpaces(_string)

local emptyString = ''

local split = string.split(_string, ' ')

for a,b in pairs(split) do

if b then

emptyString = emptyString .. b

end

end

return emptyString

end

function containsTerm(term1, term2)

if term1 and term2 then

local containsterm = false

local _term1 = getRidOfSpaces(string.lower(term1))

local _term2 = getRidOfSpaces(string.lower(term2))

if _term1 == _term2 then containsterm = true end

if string.find(_term1, _term2) or string.find(_term2, _term1) then containsterm = true end

if string.match(_term1, _term2) or string.match(_term2, _term1) then containsterm = true end

return containsterm

end

end

local dataBase = {{term='burger king', title='Burger King', description='Burger King is a fast food chain with burgers.'}, {term='balls',title='BALLS',description='Balls is a funny word'}}

function getTitle(term)

for a,b in pairs(dataBase) do

if containsTerm(term, b['term']) == true then

local title = b['title']

return title

end

end

end

function getDescription(term)

for a,b in pairs(dataBase) do

if containsTerm(term, b['term']) == true then

local description = b['description']

return description

end

end

end

function assertPrint(a, _string)

if not a then

print(_string)

return

end

return a

end

function indexInTable(t, v)

for a,b in pairs(t) do

if b == v then return a end

end

end

function tableLength(t)

local length = 0

for a,b in pairs(t) do

if b then length = length + 1 end

end

return length

end

function convertTableToString(t)

local lol = '{'

for a,b in pairs(t) do

if b then

if a == tableLength(t) then

lol = lol .. b..'}'

else

lol = lol .. b .. ', '

end

end

end

return lol

end

function lowercase(str)

local result = str:gsub('.', function(a) return string.lower(a) end)

return result

end

--//showcase\\--

local _ = ''

for a,split in pairs(string.split('H e l l o T h e r e', ' ')) do

if split then

_ = _ .. split

end

end

print('string.split: ', _)

_ = ''

print('getRidOfSpaces: ', getRidOfSpaces('H e l l o T h e r e '))

print('containsTerm: ', containsTerm('big balls', 'ball'))

print('containsTerm: ', containsTerm('big balls', 'llab'))

assertPrint('chicken'=='chicken', 'chicken!')

assertPrint('chicken'~='chicken', 'no chicken!')

print(lowercase('HI JOE!'))