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Talk:String (API)

2012-04-19T15:44:51Z

OminousPenguin: /* Removing comments on string.gmatch(string, pattern) */

String (API)

2012-04-19T15:44:17Z

OminousPenguin:

The string API is a default Lua 5.1 API as defined [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4 here]. Please list any non-working functions below.

==Non-Working Functions==

===string.gmatch(string, pattern)===

Using any quantifier other than + will cause it to hang if that quantifier applies to the whole pattern and that pattern does not match the whole string.

Examples:
<pre>
"abcdef":gmatch("%a*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("%a*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("%a.*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[%a.]*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("([^=]*)=?") -- Works (Note: This produces the same result as the above pattern should)
"abcdef":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*=") -- Works
</pre>

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String (API)

2012-04-19T15:40:20Z

OminousPenguin: /* string.gmatch(string, pattern) */

The string API is a default Lua 5.1 API as defined [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4 here]. Please list any non-working functions below.

==Non-Working Functions==

===string.gmatch(string, pattern)===

Using any quantifier other than + will cause it to hang if that quantifier applies to the whole pattern and that pattern does not match the whole string.

Examples:
<pre>
"abcdef":gmatch("%a*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("%a*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("%a.*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[%a.]*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Hang - Alternative: "([^=]*)=?"
"abcdef":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*=") -- Works
</pre>

[[Category:APIs]]

String (API)

2012-04-19T15:37:46Z

OminousPenguin:

The string API is a default Lua 5.1 API as defined [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4 here]. Please list any non-working functions below.

==Non-Working Functions==

===string.gmatch(string, pattern)===

Using any quantifier other than + will cause it to hang if that quantifier applies to the whole pattern and that pattern does not match the whole string.

Examples:
<pre>
"abcdef":gmatch("%a*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("%a*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("%a.*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[%a.]*") -- Hang
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Hang
"abcdef":gmatch("[^=]*") -- Works
"abc=def":gmatch("[^=]*=") -- Works
</pre>

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Talk:String (API)

2012-04-19T14:48:24Z

OminousPenguin: Created page with " == string.gmatch(string, pattern) == string.gmatch(string, pattern) is working for me. Any details of conditions under which it does not work would be appreciated. -- ~~~~"

== string.gmatch(string, pattern) ==

string.gmatch(string, pattern) is working for me. Any details of conditions under which it does not work would be appreciated. -- [[User:OminousPenguin|OminousPenguin]] 14:48, 19 April 2012 (UTC)