Fixed string splitting and added convenience funct to output tables to stdout

main.lua

@@ -8,19 +8,34 @@ session = { history={ loc=0, items={} }, current_links = {}, favorites={} }
 local save_file = string.format('%s/.stubbfaves', assert(os.getenv('HOME'), 'Unable to get home directory'))
 
 
-string.split = function(inputstr, sep)
-  if sep == nil then
-    sep = "%s"
-  end
-  local t={}; i=1
-  for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
-    t[i] = str
-    i = i + 1
+function string.split(str, sep)
+  assert(str and sep, 'sting.split requires both an input string and a field separator string')
+  local start = 1
+  local t = {}
+  while true do
+    local out
+    local point = string.find(str, sep, start)
+    if point == start then
+      out = ''
+    elseif not point then
+      out = string.sub(str, start)
+    else
+      out = string.sub(str, start, point - 1)
+    end
+    table.insert(t, out)
+    start = point and point + 1 or break
   end
   return t
 end
 
 
+function table.out(t)
+  for i, v in ipairs(t) do
+    print(string.format('%q', v))
+  end
+end
+
+
 table.has = function(t, item)
   for i, v in pairs(t) do
     if v == item then