How do I seperate lines in a string

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#1
  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I want to get each line of a script’s source.
  2. What is the issue?
    I do not know how to split/seperate lines in a string.
  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I tried using split, but I cant split a return (enter)
local target = workspace.HelloScript
local lines = target.Source
local LINES = {}
LINES = lines:split("")
print(LINES)

this is the script im using, as I said I dont know how to split each line

function test()
	print("this is a test")
end

this is the script I want to get the source/seperate lines from

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#2 
local lines = string.split(target.Source,"\n")
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#3

Thanks a lot!
I have a question, what does the “/n” thing do specifically?

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#4

the “\n” is a string pattern for alot of languages which is a method for writing a line.

local str = "Hi \nHi on new line" -- prints
--[[
Hi
Hi on new line
--]]
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#5

Oh thats interesting. Thanks for the info!

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#6

It’s not a string pattern, it’s an escape sequence.
Lua supports most of the common ones.
\a bell
\b backspace
\f form feed
\n newline
\r carriage return
\t tab
\v vertical tab
\\ backslash
\' single quote
\" double quote
\113 ascii code 113
Also, you can use a backslash to allow multiline strings. I believe this is also an escape sequence.

local str = "line 1\
line 2"
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