Difference between revisions of "String.match"
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Looks for the first match of pattern in the string s. If it finds one, then match returns the captures from the pattern; otherwise it returns nil. If pattern specifies no captures, then the whole match is returned. A third, optional numerical argument init specifies where to start the search; its default value is 1 and can be negative. | Looks for the first match of pattern in the string s. If it finds one, then match returns the captures from the pattern; otherwise it returns nil. If pattern specifies no captures, then the whole match is returned. A third, optional numerical argument init specifies where to start the search; its default value is 1 and can be negative. | ||
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[http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1 Lua Manual - String Patterns] | [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1 Lua Manual - String Patterns] | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 7 October 2010
string.match (s, pattern [, init])
Looks for the first match of pattern in the string s. If it finds one, then match returns the captures from the pattern; otherwise it returns nil. If pattern specifies no captures, then the whole match is returned. A third, optional numerical argument init specifies where to start the search; its default value is 1 and can be negative.
