Textutils (API)
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Text utilities is used to mess around with text easier.
Method Name | Description |
textutils.slowPrint(string text, int rate) | Slowly prints the text. Only difference is, it leaves a new-line after it. |
textutils.slowWrite(string text, int rate) | Slowly writes the text. |
textutils.formatTime(int time, bool TwentyFourHour) | Put a time into it, and it spews it out in a different format. Example: print(textutils.formatTime(os.time(), false)) |
textutils.tabulate(table table, table table2, ...) | Prints tables in an ordered form. Each table is a row, columns' width is auto-adjusted. |
textutils.pagedTabulate(table table, table table2, ...) | A description is required. |
textutils.pagedPrint(string string, string confirmation_lines) | Prints a string onto the screen, but waits for confirmation before scrolling down. |
textutils.serialize(table table) | Returns a string representation of the table t for storage or transmission. |
textutils.unserialize(string text) | Returns a table reassembled from the string s. |
textutils.urlEncode(string text) | Makes a string safe to encode into a url. Spaces are replaced with +s. Unsafe characters such as '\', '£' and '}' are translated into ASCII code and preceded with a % for transmission. For reference visit: [1]. |