How will I string split a pre-set string?

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#1

Hello, I am looking to basically split up the player’s name, an example of this would be:

before
evocul

after
e-v-o-c-u-l

I’ve been trying multiple different ideas for it but have yet been able to figure it out, anyone got any solutions?

#2

you can use gmatch to iterate through the string and use string pattern “.” which represents any character, then insert each character into an array

local str = "evocul"
local chars = {}

for c in string.gmatch(str, ".") do
	table.insert(chars, c)
end

print(table.concat(chars, "-")) -- prints "e-v-o-c-u-l"
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#3

Thank you! I appreciate that heavily. I still have a lot to learn when it comes down to scripting :smile:

#4

Also I think string.split would work too, it was added this year I believe. Didn’t test it out though so I’m not sure.

local str = "evocul"
local chars = {}

chars = string.split(str, "")
print(table.concat(chars, "-")) -- prints "e-v-o-c-u-l"
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#5

Ah, I was looking into string.split but all I found from there was just pre-set strings with a split string etc.
Thank you once again!