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return function(text,custom_strings)
local delimiters = custom_strings or "[\"'/]"
-- Find 2 string delimiters.
-- Partition text into before and after if the string is empty
-- Partition text into before, string and after if the string isn't empty
local strings = {text}
while strings[#strings]:match(delimiters) do
local string = strings[#strings]
-- Opening character for a string
local open_pos = string:find(delimiters)
local open_char = string:sub(open_pos,open_pos)
if strings[#strings]:sub(open_pos+1,open_pos+1) == open_char then
-- Empty string
local text_before = string:sub(1,open_pos-1)
local text_after = string:sub(open_pos+2,-1)
strings[#strings] = text_before
table.insert(strings,open_char..open_char)
table.insert(strings,text_after)
else
-- Non-empty string
local text_before = string:sub(1,open_pos-1)
local _,closing_position = string:sub(open_pos,-1):find("[^\\]"..open_char)
if not closing_position then
break
else
closing_position = closing_position+open_pos-1
end
local text_string = string:sub(open_pos,closing_position)
local text_after = string:sub(closing_position+1,-1)
strings[#strings] = text_before
table.insert(strings,text_string)
table.insert(strings,text_after)
end
end
for k,v in pairs(strings) do
if v:len() == 0 then
table.remove(strings,k)
end
end
return strings
-- P.S: This one is the best one i've written. Sure it looks clunky, but it
-- does exactly what I expect it to do - handle cases when there are string
-- delimiters inside other strings. Lovely. Also kinda horrifying.
end