local tempTable = {}
function tempTable.unit(...)
	local args = { ... }
	local string = args[1]
	assert(string, "No args to unit!")
	for i=2, #args do
		--print(type(string) .. "with" .. type(args[i]))
		string = string .. string.char(31) .. args[i]
	end
	return string
end


function tempTable.resolve(record)
	local tTable = {}
	for entry in record:gmatch("[^\31]+") do
		table.insert(tTable, entry)
	end
	return tTable
end

function tempTable.clean(record)
        assert(type(record) == "string")
        return record:gsub("\31", "")
end


function tempTable.pprint(record)
        local cleaned, _ = record:gsub("\31","|")
        return cleaned
end


function tempTable.nextIntRecord(record)
	local nextR = tempTable.clean(record:match("^.-\31"))
	record = record:gsub("^.-\31","")
	return tonumber(nextR), record
end


function tempTable.nextStringRecord(record)
	local nextR = tempTable.clean(record:match("^.-\31"))
	record = record:gsub("^.-\31","")
	return nextR, record
end


function tempTable.getIntRecords(number, record)
	local tTable = {}
	local nextR
	for i = 1, number -1 do
		nextR, record = tempTable.nextIntRecord(record)
		table.insert(tTable, nextR)
	end
	local last = tempTable.clean(record:gsub("^.-\31",""))
	table.insert(tTable, tonumber(last))
	return unpack(tTable)
end
return tempTable