string help

Since I was testing out some stuff with string.gmatch I found that it is really useful. What I don't know is that how do you work string.gmatch because I only know the basic. I want to know what does "(%w+)" mean and how would I use something like this. Also how do you combine these magic character and character classes to get what I want.

Sorry, but I believe it's best that we point you to the PIL page about patterns, the lua-users tutorial about patterns and the String library tutorial .
Those sources answer all your questions perfectly. If you have questions after reading that, we can help you here. :)/>

Dont forget about the Reference Manual!