Re: string.find does act differently based on input?

[Doug Currie <doug.currie@...>]

On Jul 7, 2012, at 12:51 PM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:

>> =string.find(a,"(" )
>    stdin:1: unfinished capture

> Why does string.find find the word "test" but not the "(" ?

You can escape the '(' character:

> return string.find("find(test)","%(")
5	5


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