Re: string[], doesn't exist?

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

> why does [] not apply to strings?

It does, but it does not do what you want. But try this:

 s="lua"
 print(s[2])
 getmetatable("").__index = function (s,i)
	 if type(i)=="number" then
		 return string.sub(s,i,i)
	 else
		 return string[i]
	 end
 end
 print(s[2])

--lhf