utils.lua

--
-- Various util functions
--

local This = {}

-- Sugar for binding functions
function This:bind(reference, functionName)
    return function()
        reference[functionName](reference)
    end
end

-- Sugar for adding to tables
function This:addToTable(target, inputTable)
    for _, value in pairs(inputTable) do
        table.insert(target, value)
    end
end

-- Sugar for splitting a string into a table
function This:split(s, delimiter)
    local result = {}
    for match in (s .. delimiter):gmatch("(.-)" .. delimiter) do
        if (match ~= "") then
            table.insert(result, match)
        end
    end
    return result
end

-- Sugar for reversing a table
function This:reverse(table)
    local n = #table
    local i = 1
    while i < n do
        table[i], table[n] = table[n], table[i]
        i = i + 1
        n = n - 1
    end
end

return This