Strings library¶

Reference from lua manual

Functions¶

dump¶

Returns a binary representation of the given function, so that a later loadstring on that string returns a copy of the function. Function must be a Lua function without upvalues:

string.dump(fn)

Arguments¶

function fn

lua function

Returns¶

string result

char¶

Receives 0 or more integers. Returns a string with length equal to the number of arguments, in which each character has the internal numerical code equal to its correspondent argument:

string.char(...)

Arguments¶

number ...

integers

Returns¶

string result

byte¶

Returns the internal numerical code of the i-th character of s, or nil if the index is out of range. If i is absent, then it is assumed to be 1. i may be negative:

string.byte(s [, i])

Arguments¶

string s
number i

Returns¶

number result

unicode¶

TODO

len¶

Returns the length of a string:

string.len(str)

Arguments¶

string str

Returns¶

number result

match¶

TODO

gmatch¶

TODO

gsub¶

TODO

find¶

TODO

lower¶

TODO

upper¶

TODO

rep¶

TODO

format¶

TODO

reverse¶

TODO

sub¶

TODO

startsWith¶

TODO

endsWith¶

TODO

contains¶

TODO