string.match · nanos world API Reference

Syntax

Lua

string.match(string, pattern, startPosition)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`string`	string	—	String which should be searched in for matches.
`pattern`	string	—	The pattern that defines what should be matched.
`startPosition`	number	—	The start index to start the matching from, can be negative to start the match from a position relative to the end.

Returns

number

string

This library provides generic functions for string manipulation, such as finding and extracting substrings, and pattern matching. When indexing a string in Lua, the first character is at position 1 (not at 0, as in C). Indices are allowed to be negative and are interpreted as indexing backwards, from the end of the string. Thus, the last character is at position -1, and so on.

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