string.gmatch problems

[shuffle]

heres my function

local lookupTable = {["g"] =  "\|cffffd700g\|r", ["s"] = "\|cffc7c7c7s\|r", ["c"] = "\|cffeda55fc\|r"}
local stripTable = {["g"] =  "", ["s"] = "", ["c"] = ""}
 
local staMon = "12g34s56c"
local staGold = string.gsub(staMon, "%a%s-", lookupTable)
for gold in string.gmatch(staMon, "%d+%g") do
   strGold = string.gsub(gold, "%a", stripTable)
   print(strGold.." goldvar")
end
for silver in string.gmatch(staMon, "%g%d+[^%s]") do
   strSilver = string.gsub(silver, "%a", stripTable)
   print(strSilver.." silvervar")
end
for copper in string.gmatch(staMon, "%d+[^%c]") do
   strCopper = string.gsub(copper, "%a", stripTable)
   print(strCopper.." coppervar")
end

my problem is line 14

no matter what I try I can't get it to match the "56c" in staMon ( line 4 )

it either matches on all 3 or it matches on nothing

any help getting this pattern match working would be greatly appreciated

[yssaril]

you know that [^] is an inverse list so that it will never match what you put in the list

why not try (%d)c that should return 56

also if you are looking for only one thing in the string why not use string.match instead of gmatch

string match returns the first thing it finds and then stops so you can get ri of your for loop

local cooper = string.match(staMon, "(%d+)c")

you can do the same thing for gold and silver too

[Jamash]

Originally Posted by shuffle heres my function my problem is line 14 no matter what I try I can't get it to match the "56c" in staMon ( line 4 ) it either matches on all 3 or it matches on nothing any help getting this pattern match working would be greatly appreciated

Your problem is not line 14. I highly recommend that you read Programming in Lua's section on patterns.

[shuffle]

Originally Posted by yssaril you know that [^] is an inverse list so that it will never match what you put in the list why not try (%d)c that should return 56 also if you are looking for only one thing in the string why not use string.match instead of gmatch string match returns the first thing it finds and then stops so you can get ri of your for loop local cooper = string.match(staMon, "(%d+)c") you can do the same thing for gold and silver too

Thanks for this I must have missed string.match while reading. thanks for pointing me in the right direction.