string.match
Lua function string.match Summary Searches a string for a pattern Prototype `s = string.match (str, pattern, index)` Description `Find the first match of the regular expression "pattern" in "str", starting at position "index". If found, returns any captures in the pattern. If no captures were specified the entire matching string is returned. If not found, returns nil. This is similar to string.find, except that the starting and ending index are not returned.
    print (string.match ("You see dogs and cats", "s..")) --> see
See string.find for an explanation of regular expressions.` See Also ... Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua bit manipulation functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua string functions Lua table functions Lua utilities Regular Expressions Scripting Lua functions string.byte (Converts a character into its ASCII (decimal) equivalent) string.char (Converts ASCII codes into their equivalent characters) string.dump (Converts a function into binary) string.find (Searches a string for a pattern) string.format (Formats a string) string.gfind (Iterate over a string (obsolete in Lua 5.1)) string.gmatch (Iterate over a string) string.gsub (Substitute strings inside another string) string.len (Return the length of a string) string.lower (Converts a string to lower-case) string.rep (Returns repeated copies of a string) string.reverse (Reverses the order of characters in a string) string.sub (Returns a substring of a string) string.upper (Converts a string to upper-case) (Help topic: lua=string.match) Documentation contents page