I want to parse a HTTP header string "name:value" pair. In REXX this
is quite simple with the parse instruction, "parse var line name ":"
value". In lua it seems much trickier using
the example i have "local _, _, name, value = string.find(line,
"^([^: ]+)%s*:%s*(.+)")". I understand that captures are much more
powerful but what I want is to dumb them down so there
is a lower entry level of skill required to do what is simple in
REXX. Maybe it's possible to write a parse(line,"%s : %s:) function
or something similar. It's most likely the case that I just don't
know Lua string handling well enough to grok what is the best solution.
