When I try to add a number to a string like this
local number = 1
print(`\\{number}`)
It is just printing 1
But when I do this
print("\1")
It prints unicode character 0001
How do I make the first one do the same like the second one with a variable involved?
You can usestring.char to convert a number to its corresponding Unicode character.
Yeah but it is too slow
Don’t think that’s possible, you have to use string.char like @VegetationBush said.
You can cache the results if performance is a concern.
are you genuinely serious right now
unless you’re timing something and it needs to be on point then there is no “this is too slow” in lua
That isn’t what they meant, every single operation you do takes some amount of resources, and calling a function hundreds of times in a frame can add up, certain operations are so intensive that even running it a few times a second can bring down the performance of your game.
OP most likely won’t run into performance issues using string.char, but the results can be cached in a table if efficiency is a high priority.
It seems like it’s very performance critical. There may be a better solution if you stated your use case!
I’m trying to make somebody else’s base64 module faster