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What is the best method of getting specific lines in a string ?
For example,
local a = "Hello and good day to you!"
local b = "Hi there and good day to you too!"
(some form of detection)
Line 5 from string a = "to"
Line 2 from string b = "there"
I would love someone to answer how to detect the specific words!
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string.find() DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 5y
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You can use string.gmatch to iterate over the words in the string.
local function GetWord(str, n)
local count = 0
for word in str:gmatch("%w+") do
count = count + 1
if count == n then
return word
end
end
end
%w+ will capture runs of alphanumeric characters, which are the "words" being counted. GetWord returns the nth "word" in str.
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orrrrrrrrrrr string.find() DeceptiveCaster 3761 — 5y
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I think you interpreted the question entirely differently, your answer is not an alternative to mine. 1waffle1 2908 — 5y
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1wafflel, thanks! ffastspeed5 12 — 5y
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This is very simple, just use string.find():
local string = "Hello World!" local s_find = string.find(string, "Hello")
The found part of the string can be used for whatever is needed with the string.
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But I'm on about locating specific parts of the string, not specific words. ffastspeed5 12 — 5y
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Let me rephrase, I'm on about a function to locate specific words based on lines of the string such as "string.find(string, 2) won't fine "World! will it? ffastspeed5 12 — 5y