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Paring parameters with regexp

Need help in parsing the parameters to my slash command. I am doing a slash command that takes two parameters in the form "myCmd param1 param2". However, the params can contain spaces and thus should be in "", but I still would like to not have that when they don't contain spaces. Example:

myCmd mace sword
myCmd "mace of destruction" "sword of power"

I guess I have to use string.find to get the parameters out, but how would I do???

Thanks
Roberto

You could try the following (I'm not sure it will work 'cause I haven't tested it, but I think it will):

Code:

function getparams(text) {

  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "\"([^\"]+)\" \"([^\"]+)\"");

  if match ~= nil then return match;

  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "\"([^\"]+)\" ([^\"]+)");

  if match ~= nil then return match;

  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "([^\"]+) \"([^\"]+)\"");

  if match ~= nil then return match;

  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "([^\"]+) ([^\"]+)");

  if match ~= nil then return match;

  retun nil;

}

Here is a link to the lua manual, where you may find other usefull information regarding pattern matching in lua (linked page and followups): http://www.lua.org/pil/20.html