Re: Why is string.find() giving wrong output?

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:17, rahul sharma <rahulatgslab@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have lua-5.1.4 installed. I fired the following commands:-
>
>> a="0x12,0x23,0x1e"
>> string.find(a,',',1)
>> print(string.find(a,',',1))
> 5       5
>> b="0x12.0x23.0x1e"
>
>> print(string.find(a,'.',1))
> 1       1
>>
>
> Why is it giving such a wrong answer??

Check out string.find and Patterns in the manual. A period matches any
character, unless you set the "plain" option.

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