lua split string and save in lua table

Question

Is there an way to split an string and save it into an table like this:

str = "23 = John, 45 = Karl, 6 = Chloe, 34 = Sarah" 

--[[ 23     John
     45     Karl
     6      Chloe
     34     Sarah]]

I want the numbers to be the keys and the Names to be the values.

lhf · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-25 14:44:11Z

1

Adapt this code:

for k,v in str:gmatch("(%d+)%s*=%s*(%a+)") do
    print(k,v)
end

This assumes that the names are composed of letters only.

answered Oct 25, 2021 at 14:44

lhf

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2 Comments

Do you now the pattern if it is like :string = " 10 = Hello_World, 4 = Hello_World_Good_Bye"

@Glupschi read Lua 5.4 Reference Manual: 6.4.1 Patterns try it yourself or you won't learn