Check Paragraphs in Roblox [ASK]

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1

Is there a way to check how many paragraphs and sentences in Roblox TextBox?

2

Well you have some option. Sentences if they are all ended with a . Then you can split the string at the . And then get the length. For paragraphs if they are separated by new lines then, split it at the new line

3

Try it:

local text = [[Hello, this is
a test xd
yes, only a test
xd]] -- remplace it for Textbox.text

local amntofpar = 1

text:gsub("(%S)[^%S\n]*\n([%a()])", function()
    amntofpar = amntofpar + 1
end)
print(amntofpar) -- It print how much Paragraphs are on it

This pattern matches:

  • (%S) - (captures into Group 1, %1 ) any non-whitespace character
  • [^%S\n]* - matches (without capturing) zero or more chars other than non-whitespace and a newline (that is, it is the %s pattern without \n )
  • \n - a newline char
  • ([%a()]) - (captures into Group 2, %2 ) any letter, ( or ) chars.

By default the text dont have %n at the start its why i start with 1 and no 0