Replace text in a string
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Use string.gsub() to find and replace one or more instances of text within a string
Source Code
-- replace "hello" with "Lua says hello" local s = "hello world" x = s:gsub( "hello", "Lua says hello") --> x="Lua says hello world" -- use a capture to duplicate (replace twice) each word in the string local s = "hello world" x = s:gsub( "(%w+)", "%1 %1") --> x="hello hello world world" -- use a capture to duplicate the first word in the string local s = "hello world" x = s:gsub( "(%w+)", "%1 %1", 1) --> x="hello hello world"
Description
Use string.gsub() to find and replace one or more instances of text within a string
Usage Details
Use string.gsub()
to find and replace text within a string. The code demonstrates replacing a string “hello”, and also using a capture to duplicate each word in a string.
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