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Line thinks it is nil

Started by Creeper9207, 08 April 2015 - 08:22 PM

Creeper9207 #1

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 10:27 PM

http://pastebin.com/g6tweGV9 - full code
erroring line 8:
local newdata = data:match(":"..":"..file2..":"..":(/>.+);".."/;"..file2..";"..";"):gsub("=n".."32", " \ ".."n")
thinks its nil.
function activator:
setFileData("nu","nu,","hi")
other note: "nu" is the file's name

i put data in the ::nu::;/;nu;; section, now it just doesnt return anything

Bomb Bloke #2

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 10:40 PM

What's with the excessive quotes?

local newdata = data:match("::"..file2.."::(.+);/;"..file2..";;"):gsub("=n32", " \ n")

What does it "think is nil"? Are you saying that's what newdata ends up being set to, or…? Where's a sample of "data"?

Edited on 08 April 2015 - 08:41 PM

Creeper9207 #3

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 10:47 PM

fixed it

and to awnser, im escaping special chars

Bomb Bloke #4

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 10:55 PM

… no you're not?

But that's a good point, that last one should probably be either "\n" or " \\ n". Not sure what you were going for.

Edited on 08 April 2015 - 08:58 PM

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 11:17 PM

=n32, :: ;/; and ;; are special chars

MKlegoman357 #6

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Posted 09 April 2015 - 12:38 PM

Concatenating strings doesn't escape anything. And in what context are those characters special?

Bomb Bloke #7

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Posted 09 April 2015 - 12:48 PM

In his context.

He's saying he's dividing them up because he wants to.