Re: Reading a conf file

[Russell Haley <russ.haley@...>]

Thanks Nicola,

I'll test that asap.

Russ

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Nicola Fontana <ntd@entidi.it> wrote:
> Il Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:41:44 -0700 Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> scrisse:
>
>> ...
>>
>>                 local option = line:match("%S+"):lower()
>>                 local value = line:match("%S*%s*(.*)")
>>
>>                 if not value then
>> ...
>
> Hi,
>
> I think that substituting above with below should work:
>
>     local option, value = line:match('(.-)=(.+)')
>
>     if not option then
>     elseif not value then
>
> If you want to ignore spaces, put %s* where relevant, e.g.:
>
>     line:match('%s*(.-)%s*=%s*(.+)%s*')
>
> Ciao.
> --
> Nicola
>