How to divide a multiline string into another strings? [Solved]

[Darlex]

Something like:

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	input = [[
	Im a cool dude
	doesnt it?
	]]
	table = divide(input)
	printtable(table)

OUTPUT:
{"Im a cool dude","doesnt it?"}

[raidho36]

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for line in string.gmatch ( str, "(.-)[\n\r]" ) do ...

[Darlex]

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for line in string.gmatch ( str, "(.-)[\n\r]" ) do ...

That's useful! THX

[raidho36]

You can use the following pattern if you want to ignore blank lines:

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"([^\r\n]+)"

Also I've noticed that the previous pattern requires a newline at the end of the string. Good thing it's a common practice to end all text files with a newline, most editors do this automatically.