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      local mult = 10^(numDecimalPlaces or 0)
      return math.floor(num * mult + 0.5) / mult
+end
+-- Implement string trim.
+function trim(s)
+  return (string.gsub(s, "^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1"))
 end
 -- Implement splitting string to a table.
-function split (inputstr, sep)
+function split(pString, pPattern)
-    if sep == nil then
+   if pPattern == nil then pPattern = "," end
-            sep = ",%s"
+   local Table = {}
-    end
+   local fpat = "(.-)" .. pPattern
-    local t={}
+   local last_end = 1
-    for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
+   local s, e, cap = pString:find(fpat, 1)
-            table.insert(t, str)
+   while s do
-    end
+      if s ~= 1 or cap ~= "" then
-    return t
+     table.insert(Table,cap)
+      end
+      last_end = e+1
+      s, e, cap = pString:find(fpat, last_end)
+   end
+   if last_end <= #pString then
+      cap = trim(pString:sub(last_end))
+      table.insert(Table, trim(cap))
+   end
+   return Table
 end