How can I add brackets to a RichText with string formatting?

[luucc_ss (luc)]

I’m trying to add brackets to a RichText that originally has no brackets, so instead of this: <a>b</c>, It should be <a>[b]</c>. Problem is, I don’t really know how to mess around with string formatting, so could anyone help me out?

[Sebastian_Wilson]

You can use string.format() along with its specifiers to input variables into strings as seen below

local richText = 'b' -- Bold
local message = 'hi'
print(string.format("<%s>[%s]</%s>", richText, message, richText)) --> <b>[hi]</b>

[luucc_ss (luc)]

Sort of helps out, but its a whole string and not separated with variables, looks something like this: <font color="rgb(0, 255, 0)">asd</font>, but thanks! I’ll try doing something with it.

[luucc_ss (luc)]

Ok, did lots of digging, couldn’t find a right solution with that… Here’s max I got:

local str = '<font color="rgb(128, 0, 255)">developer 🌙</font>'
local r1 = string.match(str, '^<.+">')
local r2 = string.match(str, '</.+>$')
local t = string.gsub(str, "["..r1.."|"..r2.."]", "")
print(string.format("%s[%s]%s", r1, t, r2))

The output of the main text comes out as devepe🌙, it should be developer 🌙. Think you can fix it?

[luucc_ss (luc)]

Never mind! Did some more digging, found a post that helped me out! Here’s the final code:

local str = '<font color="rgb(128, 0, 255)">developer 🌙</font>'
print(string.format("%s[%s]%s", string.match(str, '^<.+">'), string.gsub(str, "<[^<>]->", ""), string.match(str, '</.+>$')))
-- > <font color="rgb(128, 0, 255)">[developer 🌙]</font>