style

function ver()
  return 0.4
end

function center(inp_text)
  if string.len(inp_text) > 49 then
    return "style.center(): string longer than 49"
  else
    spaces = ""
    limit = 24 - math.floor(string.len(inp_text) / 2)
    for i=1, limit do
      spaces = spaces.." "
      i = i + 1
    end
    return spaces..inp_text
  end
end

function right(inp_text)
  if string.len(inp_text) > 49 then
    return "style.left(): string longer than 49"
  else
    spaces = ""
    limit = 49 - string.len(inp_text)
    for i=1, limit do
      spaces = spaces.." "
      i = i + 1
    end
    return spaces..inp_text
  end
end

function shorten(inp_text, lenth)
  if string.len(inp_text) > lenth then
    inp_text = ".."..string.sub(inp_text, (string.len(inp_text) - (lenth - 3)))
  end
  return inp_text
end

function itemName(inp_text)
  if inp_text == nil then
    return "<unknown item>"
  else
    itemNameCuts = {"item.", "tile.", ".name"}
    for i=1, table.getn(itemNameCuts) do
      inp_text = string.gsub(inp_text, itemNameCuts[i], "")
    end
    return inp_text
  end
end