String Split Lua

-- ("Hello World!"):slpit() -> {'Hello', 'World!'}
local function split(text, sep, maxsplit)
    sep = sep or ' '

    local result = {}
    local i = 1
    for part in text:gmatch('[^'..sep..']+') do
        result[i] = part

        if i == maxsplit then
            break
        end

        i = i + 1
    end

    return result
end

local str = split('foo-bar-baz', '-')
print(str[1])
print(str[2])
print(str[3])