Minetest-WorldEditAdditions/worldeditadditions/utils/tables/table_tostring.lua
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--- Returns the key value pairs in a table as a single string
-- @param tbl table input table
-- @param sep string key value seperator
-- @param new_line string key value pair delimiter
-- @return string concatenated table pairs
local function table_tostring(tbl, sep, new_line)
if type(sep) ~= "string" then sep = ": " end
if type(new_line) ~= "string" then new_line = ", " end
local ret = {}
if type(tbl) ~= "table" then return "Error: input not table!" end
for key,value in pairs(tbl) do
table.insert(ret,tostring(key) .. sep .. tostring(value) .. new_line)
end
return table.concat(ret,"")
end
return table_tostring