Minetest-WorldEditAdditions/worldeditadditions/utils/tables/table_tostring.lua
Starbeamrainbowlabs 1f44e240fb
utils/tables: refactor into separate files
..it was getting rather long, because Lua doesn't exactly come with 
batteries included :-/
2021-06-03 01:57:46 +01:00

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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
function worldeditadditions.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
ret:append(key)
ret:append(sep)
ret:append(value)
ret:append(new_line)
end
return ret:concat("")
end