string.match
From Garry's Mod
string.match( )
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Description
Finds a Pattern in a string.
Arguments
string string
String which should be searched in for matches.
Arguments
string pattern
The pattern that defines what should be matched.
Arguments
number startPosition=1
The start index to start the matching from, can be negative to start the match from a position relative to the end.
Returns
Matched text(s)
Examples
Example
local toMatch = "this is a sample text" print( string.match( toMatch, "sample" ) ) -- regex works print( string.match( toMatch, "^[a-z]" ) ) print( string.match( toMatch, "^this" ) ) print( string.match( toMatch, "^..is" ) ) print( string.match( toMatch, "text$" ) ) -- entire string print( string.match( toMatch, "^.*$" ) ) -- nil print( string.match( toMatch, "this$" ) ) print( string.match( toMatch, "nil" ) )
Output:
sample t this this text this is a sample text nil nil
