→"Regexes" (patterns) in Lua: gsub was replaced with gmatch
m (→Constructing a pattern: I don't know how that little caveat was missed.) |
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* [[API_strfind|string.find]](string, pattern) -- finds the first instance of pattern in string | * [[API_strfind|string.find]](string, pattern) -- finds the first instance of pattern in string | ||
* string.gfind(string, pattern) -- when called repeatedly, finds each successive instance of pattern in string | * string.gfind(string, pattern) -- when called repeatedly, finds each successive instance of pattern in string | ||
* [[API gsub|string. | * [[API gsub|string.gmatch]](string, pattern, repl) -- returns a string where all instances of pattern in string have been replaced with repl | ||
* [[API strmatch|string.match]](string, pattern, init) -- Returns a list of matches of pattern in string, starting search at init (1 is the first character of string, 2 is the second, etc.). | * [[API strmatch|string.match]](string, pattern, init) -- Returns a list of matches of pattern in string, starting search at init (1 is the first character of string, 2 is the second, etc.). | ||