Convert string to Vector3

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#1

Does anyone know a good way to convert this to a Vector3?

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#2

You could create a pattern for use with string.match:

local pattern = "<Vector3> %((.-), (.-), (.-)%)"
local function convert(s)
   local x, y, z = s:match(pattern)
   return Vector3.new(
      assert(tonumber(x), x),
      assert(tonumber(y), y),
      assert(assert(number(z), z)
   )
end

Note that tonumber returns nil if the value doesn’t convert. Passing nil to Vector3.new is interpreted as 0, so I wrap it in assert to ensure the value was converted.

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#3

i know, i am extremely late. But the number in line 7 is an unknown global. Should i worry?