order.lua

#!/usr/bin/env lua
-- https://www.codewars.com/kata/55c45be3b2079eccff00010f
function mysplit(inputstr, sep)
        if sep == nil then sep = "%s" end
        local t = {}
        for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
                table.insert(t, str)
        end
        return t
end

function order(words)
    local words = mysplit(words)
    local mytable = {}
    for useless_key, word in pairs(words) do
        local buffer = ""
        print(buffer)
        local number = 0
        for i = 1, #word do
                local character = word:sub(i,i)
            if tonumber(character, 10) then
                number = tonumber(character, 10)
            else
                buffer = buffer . character
            end
        end
        print(buffer, number)
        mytable[number] = buffer
    end
end

order("ananas2 pineapple1")