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Iterate through a string's text?
If I have a string is it possible to iterate the each character in the string and print it one at a time?
For instance:
I have a string as a variable
local message = "Welcome"
Now I want it to print.
"W" "E" "L" "C" "O" "M" "E"
Instead of printing, "Welcome"
How would I do this?
Edit: Moved some text to a code block to preserve formatting.
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I figured it out but will still accept the first correct answer. AZDev 590 — 8y
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An easy application of gmatch will allow you to do this. Just use "(%w)" as the string pattern
EX
for w in string.gmatch("Pizza", "(%w)") do -- 'w' represents the individual letter returned
print(w)
end
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Replace "Pizza" with "Welcome" if you aren't hungry randomsmileyface 375 — 8y
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Use "." instead of "%w" if you want to include other kinds of characters (like spaces and punctuation) in the iteration BlueTaslem 18071 — 8y
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Good point randomsmileyface 375 — 8y