string.gfind
Iterate over a string (obsolete in Lua 5.1)
Prototype
it = string.gfind (str, pattern)Description
This function is now called string.gmatch. Calling string.gfind raises an error.
Lua functions
- string.byte - Converts a character into its ASCII (decimal) equivalent
- string.char - Converts ASCII codes into their equivalent characters
- string.dump - Converts a function into binary
- string.find - Searches a string for a pattern
- string.format - Formats a string
- string.gmatch - Iterate over a string
- string.gsub - Substitute strings inside another string
- string.len - Return the length of a string
- string.lower - Converts a string to lower-case
- string.match - Searches a string for a pattern
- string.rep - Returns repeated copies of a string
- string.reverse - Reverses the order of characters in a string
- string.sub - Returns a substring of a string
- string.upper - Converts a string to upper-case
Topics
- Lua LPEG library
- Lua PCRE regular expression functions
- Lua base functions
- Lua bc (big number) functions
- Lua bit manipulation functions
- Lua coroutine functions
- Lua debug functions
- Lua io functions
- Lua math functions
- Lua os functions
- Lua package functions
- Lua script extensions
- Lua string functions
- Lua syntax
- Lua table functions
- Lua utilities
- Regular Expressions
- Scripting callbacks - plugins
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