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Ignore "^[" when looking for "["

Started by Cyclonit, 20 July 2012 - 11:32 AM
Cyclonit #1

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Location Germany

Posted 20 July 2012 - 01:32 PM
Hi,

is it possible to make this code: 
str = string.gsub(str, "[", "^[[")

Not touch any occurrence of "^["? There should be some kind of regex expression I think, but I never got around understanding how those work…

Cyclonit
1lann #2

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515 posts

Location Australia

Posted 20 July 2012 - 03:53 PM
Cyclonit, on 20 July 2012 - 01:32 PM said:
Hi,

is it possible to make this code: 
str = string.gsub(str, "[", "^[[")

Not touch any occurrence of "^["? There should be some kind of regex expression I think, but I never got around understanding how those work…

Cyclonit
the regex for [ is %[. So try %^%[%[