Convert word

Posted by Khuran on Thu 16 Sep 2021 02:59 AM — 2 posts, 11,705 views.

Khuran Thu 16 Sep 2021 02:59 AM #0

this is a continuation of this post

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?id=8747&page=2

your suggestion to use this


conversions = {
[GetPluginVariable ("", "char1")] = GetPluginVariable ("", "char1").."-[1]",
[GetPluginVariable ("", "char2")] = GetPluginVariable ("", "char2").."-[2]"
}

worked!

the output comes out as this with char1=Yinn


Yinn-[1] barely hits a centipede.  ---- line 1
A centipede misses Yinn-[1] with its bite.  ---- line 2

If I wanted the substitution to occur only on instances like line 2 (basically with a <space> in front of the variable, how do I go about it?

I tried this and it did not work.


[ " " .. GetPluginVariable("", "char1")] = " " .. GetPluginVariable("", "char1").. "-[1]"

Thank you

[EDIT] Fixed formatting

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 16 Sep 2021 04:35 AM #1

From the page you reference:


 return (string.gsub (s, "%a+", conversions))

The match is on one or more letters and therefore a space will not be part of the match.

Perhaps change it to:


 return (string.gsub (s, " %a+", conversions))