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String Find

Code explaining String.find() function in lua using roblox

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local text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

local start, finish = string.find(text, "fox")


print("Found 'fox' at indices:", start, finish)

--This example is to explain functions in a table


local String = {}

String.Calc = function(a , b)
return a + b, a - b , a * b , a / b
end

add, sub , mult, div = String.Calc(3, 13)

print(add, sub , mult, div)

-- Example of string formating and use of string.sub()

local sentence = "The lazy cat is lying on the couch"


local start, finish = string.find(sentence, "lazy")
print("\n\nFound word starting with \"lazy\":", "\n\nString : "
.."\""..sentence.."\"".."\n\nWord Found :\n\n".."\""
..string.sub(sentence, start, finish).."\""..
"\n\nPositions :\n\nStart Position : "..start..
"\n\nEnd Position : "..finish.."\n\n")

print(start, finish, " This is an example of , ")


print(tonumber(start..finish) == 58)
print(start.." "..finish)
print(start.." , "..finish)
print("what is this called :\"\"")

-- example for multiple occurance of an given word


local story = "The quick brown fox, the sly fox, and the cunning fox."
local pattern = "fox"
local start, finish = string.find(story, pattern)
local counter = 0

while start do
print("\n\nFound 'fox' at indices:", start, finish.."\n\n")
start, finish = string.find(story, pattern, finish)
counter = counter + 1
if start == nil then
local start, finish = string.find(story, pattern)
print("\n\nUsing sting.sub() to print the word : "
.."\""..string.sub(story, start, finish)
.."\"\n\nNumber of repetations : "..counter)
end

end

-- example to matych an exact pattern

local Ticket = "DWRE21-E42FTR-W@$%rT"


local pattern = "[%u][%p][%p][%p][%l][%u]"
local age = 19

local start, finish = string.find(Ticket, pattern)

if start and finish then


print("\n\n"..string.sub(Ticket, start, finish).."\n\n I.D passed verification")
if age >= 18 then
print("Welcome to the V.I.P Section, drinks are free!")
else
print("Welcome to the Family V.I.P section, Soda Drinks are free!")
end
else
print("Alert!!! Ticket verification Failed")
end

-- example to extract domain from a url

local function extractDomain(url)


local startPos, endPos = string.find(url, "://([^/]+)")
if startPos then
local domain = string.sub(url, startPos + 3, endPos)
return domain
else
return "Invalid URL: " .. url
end
end

print(extractDomain("https://www.outlook.com"))
print(extractDomain("http://sub.example.who.org/pages"))
print(extractDomain("http:///sub.example.who.org/pages"))

-- example to extract an email address from url


local text = "Contact us at support@example.com or info@company.org"
local pattern = "[%w%.]+@[%w%.]+"
local startPos, endPos = 1, 1

while startPos do
startPos, endPos = text:find(pattern, endPos)
if startPos then
local email = text:sub(startPos, endPos)
print("Found email:", email)
endPos = endPos + 1
end
end

-- example to extract phone numbers from an string

local text = "Call us at (123) 456-7890 or 9876543210"


local pattern1 = "%(%d%d%d%) %d%d%d%-%d%d%d%d"
local start1, finish1 = text:find(pattern1)
if start1 then
local phone = text:sub(start1, finish1)
print("Found phone number:", phone)
else
print("No phone number found.")
end

local pattern2 = "%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d%d"


local start2, finish2 = text:find(pattern2)
if start2 then
local phone = text:sub(start2, finish2)
print("Found phone number:", phone)
else
print("No phone number found.")
end

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