Re: lua regex question

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

function test(line)
  a, b, c = string.match(line, '^# (%d+)%.?(%d*)%.?(%d*)')
  print(a, b, c)
end

test "# 4515.65545.42"
test "# 4515.65545"
test "# 4515"

There is probably a gotcha (false positive on some input? like # 5454.), but might work 
well enough for you...

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