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Why is string.gmatch is returning nil's?
I'm trying to test the string.gmatch iterator. Problem is, the captures I'm specifying are somehow transforming to nil!
local Colors = {}
print(script.Colors.Value)
for k, v in string.gmatch(script.Colors.Value, "([%a]+)") do
print(v)
end
The child of the script is the stringvalue Colors, which holds the string, "Hello World, Die People,Apple" Yet my output is
nil >nil >nil >nil >nil >nil
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string.gmatch does not work quite like pairs. It only returns matches, nothing else.
--Added the next two lines just to be safe.
script:WaitForChild("Colors")
repeat wait() until script.Colors.Value ~= ""
print(script.Colors.Value)
for match in string.gmatch(script.Colors.Value, "%a+") do --Not 'k', not 'v', just each match.
print(match)
end