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How to 'slice' a string?
I know in python you can use the index of characters to 'slice' your string using square brackets, eg:
string = "This is my string" print (string[0:5])
Which would print 'This'.
I've tried doing this with Lua in the same way:
local my_string = "This is a string" print(my_string[:1])
Though I just get an error "unexpected symbol near ':'"
Any guidance on this would be appreciated =)
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That would be acceptable in Python. However, as Blue has shown, getting different ranges of text is a bit different. DigitalVeer 1473 — 8y
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Strings don't support [] in Lua (which is sort of a shame). Lua also doesn't support indexing by a "range" like Python.
For strings, you use string.sub to get a substring.
local str = "abcdef" -- everything from 3rd character on print(str:sub(3) ) -- cdef -- last three characters: print(str:sub(-3) ) -- def -- third to fifth characters: print(str:sub(3, 5)) -- cde
Note that string.sub(str, ...) and str:sub(...) are the same thing. You can use either.
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Thank you =-) PredNova 130 — 8y