breaking down stream

["Pete Kay" <petedao@...>]

Hi,

I am write a price of code in Lua to break down phone number to country code, area code, and local code

For instance, 16502839332 -> 1      650    2839332

I have a series of country code, area code that I can match against. 

Previously with another language, I would do a comparision against each code to breakdown the number.  With Lua, is there a more efficient way of doing this?

 

I checked the String function in wiki and can't see anything.  I know I can do a find and then sub to retrieve each code one by one, but I hope that there is a better way to do it.

 

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Pete