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# utf8.lua
pure-lua 5.3 regex library for Lua 5.3, Lua 5.1, LuaJIT
This library provides simple way to add UTF-8 support into your application.
#### Example:
```Lua
local utf8 = require('.utf8'):init()
for k,v in pairs(utf8) do
string[k] = v
end
local str = "пыщпыщ ололоо я водитель нло"
print(str:find("(.л.+)н"))
-- 8 26 ололоо я водитель
print(str:gsub("ло+", "보라"))
-- пыщпыщ о보라보라 я водитель н보라 3
print(str:match("^п[лопыщ ]*я"))
-- пыщпыщ ололоо я
```
#### Usage:
This library can be used as drop-in replacement for vanilla string library. It exports all vanilla functions under `raw` sub-object.
```Lua
local utf8 = require('.utf8'):init()
local str = "пыщпыщ ололоо я водитель нло"
utf8.gsub(str, "ло+", "보라")
-- пыщпыщ о보라보라 я водитель н보라 3
utf8.raw.gsub(str, "ло+", "보라")
-- пыщпыщ о보라보라о я водитель н보라 3
```
It also provides all functions from Lua 5.3 UTF-8 [module](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#6.5) except `utf8.len (s [, i [, j]])`. If you need to validate your strings use `utf8.validate(str, byte_pos)` or iterate over with `utf8.validator`.
#### Installation:
Download repository to your project folder. (no rockspecs yet)
As of Lua 5.3 default `utf8` module has precedence over user-provided. In this case you can specify full module path (`.utf8`).
#### Configuration:
Library is highly modular. You can provide your implementation for almost any function used. Library already has several back-ends:
- [Runtime character class processing](charclass/runtime/init.lua) using hardcoded codepoint ranges or using native functions through `ffi`.
- [Basic functions](primitives/init.lua) for working with UTF-8 characters have specializations for `ffi`-enabled runtime and for tarantool.
Probably most interesting [customizations](init.lua) are `utf8.config.loadstring` and `utf8.config.cache` if you want to precompile your regexes.
```Lua
local utf8 = require('.utf8')
utf8.config = {
cache = my_smart_cache,
}
utf8:init()
```
Customization is done before initialization. If you want, you can change configuration after `init`, it might work for everything but modules. All of them should be reloaded.
#### [Documentation:](test/test.lua)