Re: Lua Suggestion: return nil in string.find/match() for indexes that are before the string

[Coroutines <coroutines@...>]

I think this is what I want: string.at = function (s1, i, s2) return i
== string.find(s1, '^' .. s2, i, true) end

Again, sorry for all the confusion guys -- I really forgot that
string.find() is expected to search forward from the starting index --
not just *at* the starting index.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Coroutines <coroutines@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Thiago L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 02/03/2014 16:40, Dirk Laurie wrote:
>>>
>>> 2014-03-02 21:36 GMT+02:00 Thiago L. <fakedme@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Ok, you want a plain match, same rules apply: it doesn't care about the
>>>> index, it'll just try to find the data, for index -30 and string "cat"
>>>> -30
>>>> would be translated into -27 (because string length - 30) and then it
>>>> would
>>>> still match as "cat" is still on the string (which's 30 chars long with a
>>>> padding of 27 empty spaces on the left).
>>>
>>> This is not what happens. There is no padding to the left. The -27 is
>>> adjusted to be 1.
>>>
>> Yes, I know, but I think it should be changed/fixed...
>>
>
> Hmm.  I did do something screwy here.  I often write a function like
> this: string.at = function (s1, s2, i) return i == string.find(s1, s2,
> i) end
>
> I was misunderstanding the purpose of string.find(), I expected to
> match the needle at the index I give it.  I really don't know how I
> got 3-4 replies in without noticing my err. :\  I should have been
> using my at() function than find(), this entire thread is hooplah.  It
> makes sense that it would reposition the starting index at the
> beginning of the string if it expects to search forward through the
> string/haystack.  Sorry guys, I missed my coffee. :(