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

[rahul sharma <rahulatgslab@...>]

Got it corrected when I used string.find(a,',',1,string.len(a))

Adding string.len(a) solved the problem.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:51 PM, rahul sharma <rahulatgslab@gmail.com> wrote:

There is no "3D" in "a="0x12,0x23,0x1e" as its been shown in the code I posted. it might have come because of my mail client...

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:47 PM, 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??