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annotate framework/env/format/string.lua @ 51:791849c58105
class_prototype.object:try_save() can create rows with DEFAULT VALUES
| author | jbe | 
|---|---|
| date | Fri Jun 10 14:23:35 2011 +0200 (2011-06-10) | 
| parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 | 
| children | 0c4841af07a5 | 
| rev | line source | 
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| jbe/bsw@0 | 1 --[[-- | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 2 text = -- a string | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 3 format.string( | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 4 value, -- any value where tostring(value) gives a reasonable result | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 5 { | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 6 nil_as = nil_text -- text to be returned for a nil value | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 7 } | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 8 ) | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 9 | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 10 Formats a value as a text by calling tostring(...), unless the value is nil, in which case the text returned is chosen by the 'nil_as' option. | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 11 | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 12 --]]-- | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 13 | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 14 function format.string(str, options) | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 15 local options = options or {} | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 16 if str == nil then | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 17 return options.nil_as or "" | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 18 else | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 19 return tostring(str) | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 20 end | 
| jbe/bsw@0 | 21 end |