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Line 262: The following methods have been added to the built-in Lua [https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#6.4 string] library. ; ''<span style="color:green;">string.startsWith</span>(st, prefix)'' : Checks if a string begins with a set of characters. * <span style="color:~~darkgreen;~~ ~~text-style=italic;">~~'''''st:~~</span>~~''''' The string to be checked. <span style="color:~~darkgreen;~~ ~~text-style=italic;">~~'''''prefix:~~</span>~~''''' The prefix to be compared with. : ''returns:'' <code>true</code> if <code>prefix</code> matches the beginning characters of <code>st</code>. :; ''aliases:'' * ''<span style="color:green;">string.beginsWith</span>(st, prefix)''▼ :: <span style="color:green; font-style:italic;">string.beginsWith</span> ** This is just an alias for <code>string.startsWith</code>. * ''<span style="color:green;">string.endsWith</span>(st, suffix)''▼ Checks if a string ends with a set of characters.▼ <span style="color:darkgreen; text-style=italic;">st:</span> The string to be checked.▼ <span style="color:darkgreen; text-style=italic;">suffix:</span> The suffix to be compared with.▼ returns: <code>true</code> if <code>suffix</code> matches then end characters of <code>st</code>.▼ * ''<span style="color:green;">string.trim</span>(st)''▼ Removes leading & trailing whitespace from a string.▼ ▲ <span style="color:darkgreen; text-style=italic;">st:</span> The string to be trimmed. ** returns: Trimmed string.▼ * ''<span style="color:green;">string.ltrim</span>(st)''▼ Removes leading whitespace from a string.▼ <span style="color:darkgreen; text-style=italic;">st:</span> The string to be trimmed. ** returns: Trimmed string.▼ * ''<span style="color:green;">string.rtrim</span>(st)''▼ Removes trailing whitespace from a string.▼ <span style="color:darkgreen; text-style=italic;">st:</span> The string to be trimmed. ** returns: Trimmed string.▼ ▲; ''<span style="color:green;">string.~~beginsWith~~endsWith</span>(st, ~~prefix~~suffix)'' ▲: Checks if a string ends with a set of characters. : '''''st:''''' The string to be checked. ▲* <span style="color:~~darkgreen;~~ ~~text-style=italic;">~~'''''suffix:~~</span>~~''''' The suffix to be compared with. ▲*: ''returns:'' <code>true</code> if <code>suffix</code> matches then end characters of <code>st</code>. ▲; ''<span style="color:green;">string.~~endsWith~~isNumber</span>(st~~, suffix~~)'' : Checks if a string contains numeric characters only. : '''''st:''''' The string to be checked. : ''returns:'' <code>true</code> if all characters are numeric, <code>false</code> otherwise. :; ''aliases:'' ▲*:: <span style="color:~~darkgreen~~green; ~~text~~font-style=:italic;">~~st:~~string.isNumeric</span> ~~The string to be checked.~~ ▲; ''<span style="color:green;">string.trim</span>(st)'' ▲: Removes leading & trailing whitespace from a string. : '''''st:''''' The string to be trimmed. ▲: ''returns:'' Trimmed string. ▲; ''<span style="color:green;">string.ltrim</span>(st)'' ▲: Removes leading whitespace from a string. : '''''st:''''' The string to be trimmed. ▲: ''returns:'' Trimmed string. ▲; ''<span style="color:green;">string.rtrim</span>(st)'' ▲: Removes trailing whitespace from a string. : '''''st:''''' The string to be trimmed. ▲: ''returns:'' Trimmed string. ; ''<span style="color:green;">string.builder</span>(st)'' : Creates a new instance of [https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuilder.html java.lang.StringBuilder]. : '''''st:''''' (optional) String to append on instantiation. : ''returns:'' new StringBuilder instance. == Table Manipulation ==

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