Difference between revisions of "Utf8.match"

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'''Available since:''' Gideros 2016.06<br/>
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'''<translate>Available since</translate>:''' Gideros 2016.06<br/>
=== Description ===
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=== <translate>Description</translate> ===
 
<translate>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.</translate>
 
<translate>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.</translate>
 
<source lang="lua">
 
<source lang="lua">
 
(strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init)
 
(strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init)
 
</source>
 
</source>
=== Parameters ===
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=== <translate>Parameters</translate> ===
 
'''s''': (string) <translate></translate> <br/>
 
'''s''': (string) <translate></translate> <br/>
 
'''pattern''': (string) <translate></translate> <br/>
 
'''pattern''': (string) <translate></translate> <br/>
 
'''init''': (number) <translate></translate> '''optional'''<br/>
 
'''init''': (number) <translate></translate> '''optional'''<br/>
=== Return values ===
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=== <translate>Return values</translate> ===
'''Returns''' (strings) <translate>captures</translate><br/>
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'''<translate>Returns</translate>''' (strings) <translate>captures</translate><br/>

Revision as of 07:27, 24 August 2018

Available since: Gideros 2016.06

Description

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.

(strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init)

Parameters

s: (string)
pattern: (string)
init: (number) optional

Return values

Returns (strings) captures