Here is a little sample of my code.
boi.Chatted:connect(function(m)
if string.byte(m, ".creators") then
print"w"
end)
end
If you chat ".creators" then it'll print. But for some reason, if you type "!creators" or ";creators" it also prints to the console.
If I change the "." to anything else like ":", it works completely fine. I'm not sure why this is happening, and how can I stop this? (I've already tried tostring.)
This is because of string.find's function definition:
number, number string.find(string s, string pattern, number init = 1, number plain = false)
As you can see, the second argument you give it is a pattern. If you take a look at the String Patterns Reference page on the Roblox Developer Hub, you'll see that . is a pattern that matches any character.
To fix this, you must specify before the . in your string pattern that you are explicitly looking for the . character and not just any character. The % character is useful for this.
Client.Chatted:Connect(function(Message)
if string.find(Message, "%.creators") then
print("worked!")
end
end)
Thanks man!
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.is used in string patterns; it means "any character". https://developer.roblox.com/articles/string-patterns-referenceIs there any way to avoid this? I really want to use this prefix.
You could escape it. https://www.lua.org/pil/2.4.html In this case, '.creator'
Thanks for posting that link. I'm using "%." instead of "." now.