utils

Common utility helpers.

Import

local utils = require("mods.utils")

Quick Reference

Function	Description
isidentifier(s)	Checks if a string is a valid non-keyword identifier.
quote(v)	Smart-quotes a string for readable Lua-like output.

Functions

isidentifier(s)

Returns true when s is a valid Lua identifier and not a reserved keyword.

print(utils.isidentifier("hello_world"))
-- true

print(utils.isidentifier("local"))
-- false

print(utils.isidentifier("2bad"))
-- false

quote(v)

Smart-quotes a string for readable Lua-like output.

print(utils.quote('He said "hi"'))
-- 'He said "hi"'

print(utils.quote([[say "hi" and 'bye']]))
-- "say \"hi\" and 'bye'"