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| Posted by
| Avocado
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| Tue 26 Nov 2013 03:11 AM (UTC) |
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| local x = wait.match ("*here you see*", 5)
Above line is what I use to match a string, but I would like to try to match more than one string.
What would the line look like?
Let's say if I 'Send ("Look")'
and following two lines show up:
John is here.
Mike is here.
Sam is here.
How do you write
local x = wait.match ("*here you see*", 5)
so that you can write something like:
local x = wait.match ("Sam*" or "Mike*", 5)
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,173 posts) Bio
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| Reply #1 on Tue 26 Nov 2013 04:07 AM (UTC) |
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| Use a regular expression.
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Regular expressions
- Regular expressions (as used in triggers and aliases) are documented on the Regular expression tips forum page.
- Also see how Lua string matching patterns work, as documented on the Lua string.find page.
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local x = wait.regexp ("^(Sam|Mike)(.*)", 5)
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Avocado
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| Reply #2 on Tue 26 Nov 2013 06:00 AM (UTC) |
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| Thank you Nick!
That worked out great!
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