[string]
type = 'table'
[[.source]]
type = 'global'
``````````
type = 'library'
name = 'string'

<default>
type = 'function'
parent = {
    1 = {
        type = 'global',
        name = 'string',
    },
    2 = {
        type = 'library',
        name = 'string',
    },
    3 = {
        type = 'object',
        name = 'string',
    }
}

[byte]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'i'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'after'
default = 1
``````````
name = 'j'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'self'
[[.returns]]
type = 'integer'
``````````
type = '...'

[char]
[[.args]]
name = 'byte'
type = 'integer'
``````````
type = '...'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'
``````````
type = '...'

[dump]
[[.args]]
type = 'function'
``````````
name = 'strip'
type = 'boolean'
[[.returns]]
name = 'binary'
type = 'string'

[find]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pattern'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'init'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'after'
default = 1
``````````
name = 'plain'
type = 'boolean'
optional = 'self'
[[.returns]]
name = 'start'
type = 'integer'
``````````
name = 'end'
type = 'integer'
``````````
name = 'captured'
type = '...'

[format]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
type = '...'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

[gmatch]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pattern'
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'function'
returns = {
    1 = {
        type = 'string'
    },
    2 = {
        type = '...'
    },
}

["gmatch Lua 5.4"]
name = 'gmatch'
version = 'Lua 5.4'
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pattern'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'init'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'after'
default = 1
[[.returns]]
type = 'function'
returns = {
    1 = {
        type = 'string'
    },
    2 = {
        type = '...'
    },
}

[gsub]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pattern'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'repl'
type = {'string', 'table', 'function'}
``````````
name = 'n'
type = 'integer'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'count'
type = 'integer'

[len]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'integer'

[lower]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

[match]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pattern'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'init'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'self'
default = 1
[[.returns]]
name = 'captured'
type = 'string'

[pack]
version = {'Lua 5.3', 'Lua 5.4'}
[[.args]]
name = 'fmt'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'v1'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'v2'
type = 'string'
``````````
type = '...'
[[.returns]]
name = 'binary'
type = 'string'

[packsize]
version = {'Lua 5.3', 'Lua 5.4'}
[[.args]]
name = 'fmt'
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'integer'

[rep]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = n
type = 'integer'
``````````
name = 'sep'
type = 'string'
optional = 'self'
default = ''
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

['rep Lua 5.1']
name = rep
version = 'Lua 5.1'
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = n
type = 'integer'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

[reverse]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

[sub]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'i'
type = 'integer'
``````````
name = 'j'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'self'
default = -1
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'

[unpack]
version = {'Lua 5.3', 'Lua 5.4'}
[[.args]]
name = 'fmt'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 's'
type = 'string'
``````````
name = 'pos'
type = 'integer'
optional = 'self'
default = 1
[[.returns]]
type = '...'
``````````
name = 'offset'
type = 'integer'

[upper]
[[.args]]
type = 'string'
[[.returns]]
type = 'string'