Split string in Lua, save in 2 variables

Question

I have one string, that is = s = "Pedro Martinez, Defense"

I want to split the string before the comma and after the comma, store those cuts on 2 variables, for example:

I think that I need to use the string.gmatch function or string.sub

How can I do that?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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The accepted answer at How to convert GPS coordinates to decimal in Lua? shows how to use string.match and patterns. Applying the same techniques as mentioned there, you could use

local name, expertise = string.match(s, "(.*),%s*(%a*)")

which would lead to name being "Pedro Martinez" and expertise being "Defense".

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Nov 24 '13 at 21:24

Oliver

I'd use `.*` instead of `%a*` for consistency. – lhf Nov 25 '13 at 13:27
Yes, it is probably safer too since (%a*) will end capture at first non-letter (digit, punctuation, etc). – Oliver Nov 25 '13 at 17:01

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