No matter what the string value of s is, s:find(".") will always return 1. Is there a reason for this? am I doing something wrong?
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Why doesn't s:find(".") return nil?
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string.find matches patterns by default. In patterns "." means "any character". To ignore patterns do string.find(str,'.',1,true)
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I did a bit of research; this might be why: http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=String_pattern#Character_Classes It's a special character. >.<