local M = {}

function M.table_to_str(t)
  local ret = ''
  for _, value in ipairs(t) do
    ret = ret .. tostring(value)
  end
  return ret
end

function M.str_to_table(str)
  local t = {}
  for i = 1, #str do
    t[i] = str:sub(i, i)
  end
  return t
end

--- Copies an array and returns it because lua usually does references
---@generic T
---@param t T[]
---@return T[]
function M.array_copy(t)
  local ret = {}
  for _, value in ipairs(t) do
    table.insert(ret, value)
  end
  return ret
end

return M