Can someone help explain string manipulation in depth?

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#1

I’m struggling to fully understand them, even after reading the Developer Hub content on it.
It would be helpful if I could have some more in-depth help on it(the more complex stuff with patterns, string.byte and gsub and gmatch, et cetera)

#2

If you’re asking for help on scripting and not discussing the art of creating things on Roblox, it should be in #help-and-feedback:scripting-support. I recommend reading the pinned topics in a category before posting.

#3

Okay I moved it over

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#4

I think what you’re asking help with is regex? There are a few youtube videos explaining how it works. Not Roblox Lua, but basic Lua without much difference

You got the whole lua string library right here. lua-users wiki: String Library Tutorial
and yes you also got youtube videos explaining the module.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu2oSK7htC0
Random vid took off internet

I am self taught so I would just end up reading the documentation or stackoverflow or maybe even testing out myself and keep trying until I succeed learning how it works.

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#5

Lua doesn’t have Regex, it has a completely different pattern matching tool. You also linked a Portuguese video, so unless Danny happens to speak Portuguese, I’m not sure how helpful that is.

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#6

I recommend going to the Roblox API, looking and reading about string functions and then testing them and trying to do something with them in your studio