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The string library provides generic functions to manipulate strings, such as to extract substrings or match patterns. You can access the string library by the global string library.

See String Pattern Reference for details on using string.match() and string.gmatch() to find a piece, or substring, of a longer string.

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Functions

Functions

byte

Parameters

Default Value: 1
Default Value: i

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char

Parameters

...: number

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find

Parameters

pattern: string
init: number
Default Value: 1
plain: bool
Default Value: false

format

Parameters

formatstring: string
...: string

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gmatch

Parameters

pattern: string

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gsub

Parameters

pattern: string
replacement: Variant
replacements: number

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lower

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match

Parameters

pattern: string
init: number
Default Value: 1

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pack

Parameters

format: string
...: Variant

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packsize

Parameters

format: string

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Parameters

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reverse

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split

Parameters

separator: string
Default Value: ,

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Parameters

Default Value: 1
Default Value: -1

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unpack

Parameters

format: string
data: string
readStart: string
Default Value: 1

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upper

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