Script Luar -

-- Check if value is a number within range function validate.is_in_range(val, min, max) return type(val) == "number" and val >= min and val <= max end

-- -------------------------------------------- -- 6. EXAMPLE USAGE (commented out) -- -------------------------------------------- --[[ local my_string = " hello world " print(string_utils.trim(my_string)) --> "hello world" local parts = string_utils.split("a,b,c", ",") --> {"a","b","c"}

file_utils.write_file("test.txt", "Lua rocks!") print(file_utils.read_file("test.txt")) script luar

-- Deep copy a table (handles nested tables) function table_utils.deep_copy(orig) local copy if type(orig) == "table" then copy = {} for k, v in pairs(orig) do copy[table_utils.deep_copy(k)] = table_utils.deep_copy(v) end setmetatable(copy, table_utils.deep_copy(getmetatable(orig))) else copy = orig end return copy end

-- Append string to file function file_utils.append_file(filename, content) local f, err = io.open(filename, "a") if not f then return false, err end f:write(content) f:close() return true end -- Check if value is a number within range function validate

-- -------------------------------------------- -- 5. DEBUGGING / TIMING -- -------------------------------------------- local debug_utils = {}

-- ============================================ -- UTILITY SCRIPT FOR LUA (5.1+ compatible) -- Author: Generated Assistant -- Description: Reusable functions for string, table, file, and debug tasks -- ============================================ = min and val &lt

-- Check if string starts with a prefix function string_utils.starts_with(str, prefix) return str:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix end