Hi,
I need to replace , by ; but only if it is in () and IDK how many () will be there. How to do it?
One question, do you need (,)
to be replaced with ;
or (;)
Ok, so i will give example, i need (,),(),(,)
to be replaced by (;),(),(;)
That’s super simple then and doesn’t need much thinking.
Just do
local str = the string
string.gsub(str, "(,)", "(;)")
But problem is, that it can be also (....,77,1),(something,something)
, so i think, that i will need to use patterns, but idk how.
If you don’t need a special case for nested parentheses, this will do it
local s = "(,),(),(,),(....,77,1),(something,something)"
s = s:gsub("%b()", function(x) return x:gsub(",", ";") end)
print(s)
(;),(),(;),(....;77;1),(something;something)
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string.gsub(str, "%(,%)", "(;)")
Would this work?