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.
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
Replace "Pizza" with "Welcome" if you aren't hungry
Use "." instead of "%w" if you want to include other kinds of characters (like spaces and punctuation) in the iteration
Good point
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I figured it out but will still accept the first correct answer.