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how to use string.find on a table together with a regular expression
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:25 pm
by coroco
hi, so I have a function that prints modules, the problem is that I don't know what to use to find the module, I tried string find on the table but I get an error "bad argument # 1 to 'find' (string expected, got table)" so what do I need to use to search for a given module?
An example with string.find
must be with a regular expression because the module suffix is mutable np gamxxxx.tmp
function modules
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function dump(o)
if type(o) == 'table' then
local s = '{ '
for k,v in pairs(o) do
if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = ''..k end
if v == 'Gam4B80.tmp' then print(v)
end
s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v)
end
return s .. '} '
else
return tostring(o)
end
end
t = enumModules()
d = dump(t)
Re: how to use string.find on a table together with a regular expression
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:41 am
by GreenHouse
Like a month ago I did make a DLL's and symbols dumper, and I used string.match for it, so you should be able to make it work that way:
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string.match(StringVariable,'StringToFind')
So, use match to see if it includes 'gam' and '.tmp' in its name, and if so then print it or do what you want to do with it.
Re: how to use string.find on a table together with a regular expression
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:14 am
by coroco
GreenHouse wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:41 am
Like a month ago I did make a DLL's and symbols dumper, and I used string.match for it, so you should be able to make it work that way:
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string.match(StringVariable,'StringToFind')
So, use match to see if it includes 'gam' and '.tmp' in its name, and if so then print it or do what you want to do with it.
problem with lua engine throws 'string expected, got table' error
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function dump(o)
if type(o) == 'table' then
local s = '{ '
for k,v in pairs(o) do
if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = ''..k end
if string.match(v,'gam(.*)') then print(v) end
s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v)
end
return s .. '} '
else
return tostring(o)
end
end
t = enumModules()
d = dump(t)
Re: how to use string.find on a table together with a regular expression
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:42 am
by coroco
I managed to solve it, I don't know if code it is fully correct but it works
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function dump(o)
if type(o) == 'table' then
local s = '{ '
for k,v in pairs(o) do
if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = ''..k end
s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v)
a = tostring(v)
if string.find(a,'^Gam(.*).tmp') then print(a) end
end
return s .. '} '
else
return tostring(o)
end
end
t = enumModules()
d = dump(t)