Difference between revisions of "Utf8.match"
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<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> | ||
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(strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init) | (strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init) | ||
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Revision as of 15:32, 13 July 2023
Available since: Gideros 2016.06
Class: utf8
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. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (strings) = utf8.match(s,pattern,init) </source>
Parameters
s: (string)
pattern: (string)
init: (number) optional
Return values
Returns (strings) captures
