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Also if possible I need to be able to add more things for it to remove like a table:
toRemove = {"\","#"} Please help thanks
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Also if possible I need to be able to add more things for it to remove like a table:
Please help thanks
toRemove = {"\\","#"}edited 1×, last 07.06.17 07:07:37 pm
example = "\#hi friends"
And I call it like that:
example_fixed = fixString(example)
Then it will check if the string contains anything inside the table
toRemove = {"\","#"} and if it does then it will return the string without them like that:
example_fixed = "hi friends"
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toRemove = {"\\","#"}
function escape_string(text)
for i = 1, #toRemove do
text = string.gsub(text, toRemove[i], "")
end
return text
end
print(escape_string("\#hi friends"))
String.format %q will safely escape all Lua sequences, so it can be e.g. read back from a file:
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print(string.format("%q", "\\#"))
Replace any character:
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badchars = "Aabc\\#,%" -- case-sensitive
badchars = "[".. badchars:gsub("[%(%)%.%%%+%-%*%?%[%^%$%]]", "%%%1") .."]" -- escape Lua regex and make it a pattern
print(string.gsub("Awful string by hacker omg\\thats#illeg'al!", badchars, "@"))
Hajt did for every character in the table, because string.gsub accepts a regex pattern.Gosh, I look like a magician now with that 2nd line
string.gsub(text, pattern, replace-with[, n])
edited 1×, last 07.06.17 11:48:42 pm
VADemon has writtenGosh, I look like a magician now with that 2nd line
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