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[Csstform]

Alright. I know how to grab arguments when the program is run, tArgs and all that, but is there any way to grab text with io.read() or something, then look for arguments in that? Thanks.

[OReezy]

Check out the string library.
http://lua-users.org...LibraryTutorial

Once you have your string you can use functions like string.match() to search for words or patterns.

[Lyqyd]

Check out how the shell splits them out of the command string if you're looking for similar functionality.

[TheOddByte]

Here's a little function that I threw together

function getArguments( mask )
    local args = {}
    local input = read( mask )
    for word in input:gmatch("%S+") do
        table.insert( args, word )
    end
    return args
end

But you should check out this code and the lua wiki aswell to get a better understanding of it.

[Csstform]

Thanks, guys!