Difference between revisions of "Utf8.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.
 
<source lang="lua">
 
<source lang="lua">
(strings), = utf8.match(spatterninit,)
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(strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init)
 
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'''s:''' (string)  ''''''<br/>
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'''s''': (string)  ''''''<br/>
'''pattern:''' (string)  ''''''<br/>
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'''pattern''': (string)  ''''''<br/>
'''init:''' (number)  '''optional'''<br/>
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'''init''': (number)  '''optional'''<br/>
 
'''Returns''' (strings) captures<br/>
 
'''Returns''' (strings) captures<br/>

Revision as of 10:17, 23 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)

's: (string) '
'pattern: (string) '
init: (number) optional
Returns (strings) captures