Module:StringBools

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local strBool = {}


function strBool.startsWith( frame )
	local testString = frame.args.string
	local startTest = strBool._escapePattern( frame.args.test )
	
	if testString:find('^' .. startTest) ~= nil then
		return "true"
	end
	
	return "false"
end


function strBool.endsWith( frame )
	local testString = frame.args.string
	local endTest = frame.args.test
	
	if string.sub( testString, -(#endTest) ) == endTest then
		return "true"
	end
	
	return "false"
end



--[[
Helper function that escapes all pattern characters so that they will be treated
as plain text.
]]
function strBool._escapePattern( pattern_str )
	return ( string.gsub( pattern_str, "[%(%)%.%%%+%-%*%?%[%^%$%]]", "%%%0" ) )
end



return strBool