luaLibs

Custom Lua libraries that I find useful

customtype.lua

Allows the use of an internal attribute, __type, on custom class definitions and extents the builtin type() function to take advantage of the internal attribute.

emailaddress.lua

Class for splitting an email address into proper parts.

ipv4address.lua

Class for breaking down a CIDR address and converting/presenting binary equivalent.

stringaddons.lua

Extensions for the builtin string class. Adds the following methods:

• split - splits string on delimiter and returns a table with the parts
• rstrip - strips off right-hand whitespace
• lstrip - strips off left-hand whitespace
• strip - strips off right-hand and left-hand whitespace
• startswith - checks if a string starts with a specified string
• endswith - checks if a string ends with a specified string
• contains - checks if a string contains a specified string

tableaddons.lua

Extensions for the builtin table class. Adds the following methods:

• count - counts both indexed and named attributes
• slice - returns a slice of a table with specified start index and number of elements the slice should contain