Is there a "split()" function? (In LUA)

Hi, I was wandering if there was a command to split all of a string into arrays for my game that uses text files to show the level. It is in the format:

Quote:

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0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
0,0,0,0,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
0,0,0,0,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
0,0,0,0,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2

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which "0" is blackness, "1" is wooden flooring and "2" is the wall.

Try the string library: http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial

You should be able to get away with using the byte function and iterating through the string.

trying it now

I was just wondering, why not use a two dimensional array of numbers/integers instead of strings? It be quicker to process and manage.

ah yes, i could put it into another lua file like level1.lua and have it as an array and use dofile() to get it. hmmm..