On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Paul Isambert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is not really a LuaTeX question, but I ask it here anyway since a
> lot of knowledgeable people read this list.
>
> I’ve been surprised to discover that
>
> print(string.gsub('abc', '.*', '(%0)'))
>
> returns
>
> (abc)()
>
> (similarly, “string.gmatch('abc', '.*')” returns two matches). I’d
> expect
>
> (abc)
>
>
myabe this can help
> print(string.gsub("abc","%s*","(%0)"))
()a()b()c() 4
> print(string.gsub("abc","%S*","(%0)"))
(abc)() 2
"""
A pattern item can be
a single character class followed by '*', which matches 0 or more
repetitions of characters in the class. These repetition items will always
match the longest possible sequence;
"""
--
luigi
