function switch(t)
  t.case = function (self,x)
    local f=self[x] or self.default
    if f then
      if type(f)=="function" then
        f(x,self)
      else
        error("case "..tostring(x).." not a function")
      end
    end
  end
  return t
end

function split(inputstr, sep)
  if sep == nil then
    sep = "%s"
  end
  local t={} ; i=1
  for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
    t[i] = str
    i = i + 1
  end
  return t
end

function string.starts(String,Start)
  return string.sub(String,1,string.len(Start))==Start
end

function string.ends(String,End)
  return End=='' or string.sub(String,-string.len(End))==End
end

math.randomseed(os.time())