-- The MIT License (MIT) -- -- Copyright © 2026 Scott E. Graves -- -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software -- and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, -- including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, -- sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -- furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: -- -- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or -- substantial portions of the Software. -- -- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING -- BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND -- NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, -- DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, -- OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. -- function string:contains(str) return self:find(str, 1, true) ~= nil end function string:ends_with(suffix) return suffix == "" or self:sub(-(#suffix)) == suffix end function string:split(sep) sep = sep or ":" local fields = {} local pattern = string.format("([^%s]+)", sep) _ = self:gsub( pattern, function(c) fields[#fields + 1] = c end ) return fields end function string:starts_with(prefix) return self:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix end