How would I get all the numbers that are in a string? Tonumber returns nil if there are any characters but numbers in the string (pretty sure).
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You can use:
local numbers = print(string.gsub("hello123hi", "%D", ""))
print(numbers) --123
--%D selects all characters except numbers, and "" replaces them with nothing
string.gsub allows you to replace all characters that match with the pattern (%D) with the replacing string, i.e. “” (nothing).
Refer to this for more string references.
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Something to be aware of is that this will also strip negative numbers of their “-” sign and decimal numbers of their decimal point.
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You can also use this to get the individual digits:
local word = "a50td@"
for digit in (string.gmatch(word,"%d")) do
print(digit)
end
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Alright so I ran into a problem.
print(string.gsub("$122,22", "%D", ""))
This prints
12222 2
It looks like it prints an extra " 2" at the end, why is this happening?
