gonna explain with example
string = "Yoo I Just :oof: ed :bruh: !"
split = {"Yoo I Just ", " ed "," !"}
I also want the script to know that after the first one comes :oof: after second comes :bruh: e.t.c.
Use string.split():
local coolString = "Yoo I Just :oof: ed :bruh: !"
local split = string.split(coolString, ":")
print(split)
The output for this will be:
{
[1] = "Yoo I Just ",
[2] = "oof",
[3] = " ed ",
[4] = "bruh",
[5] = " !"
}
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why th did i not know that? well thanks!
No problem, have a good day. If you have anything else to ask, feel free.
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I was using split btw. But didnt got a idea on how to do that simple thing… lol
local coolString = "Yoo I Just :oof: ed :bruh: !"
local splitString = string.split(coolString, ":")
print({splitString[1], splitString[3], splitString[4]})
mhm yes I know. And it works!! thanks!
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it has 1 flaw… It splits strings that I dont want splitted… for example
smile = "Hi! :)"
split = {"Hi! ",")"}
How would i tackle this? I want to only split text that are like
":oof:" -- I have a array for them.
local images = {
[1] = {
id = 1702642218,
name = ":oof:"
},
[2] = {
id = 8582339223,
name = ":bruh:"
},
[3] = {
id = 8518597017,
name = ":cat:"
},
[4] = {
id = 8918926280,
name = ":keel:"
}
}
There’s no simple way to do it with string patterns as string.split has yet to feature splitting with a pattern, You can try something like this perhaps if you want to split by things in a table
for _, v in ipairs(images) do
str = str:gsub(v.name, "")
end
local splits = str:split(" ")
Where images is y our table, made this and used your table as a reference to get it working
What this does is that it’ll go through everything in the table, and removing instances of them by finding them with gsub and then replacing them with an empty string "".
Then at the end we split using two spaces as the separator (Because when we substitute with an empty string the two spaces inbetween it will merge) to get what you require
Example, Gave it “Hello :oof: there :keel: :)”
The only caveat is if there’s no spaces at the front and back of the things you want to split with as it’ll combine the strings before and after together into one element
Edit: Tried out @Jaycbee05’s solution and it looks to be working how you wanted it to given how you also want the spaces as well, and theirs is simpler, best to give them the solution since it’s a simpler way to resolve your problem, mostly cause I forgot %b existed haha
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Another potential solution is to use something like the null byte ("\0" or perhaps “:\0:”) to signify where you want a division to occur:
local str = "Yoo I Just :oof: ed :bruh: !"
local res = str:gsub("%b::", "\0"):split("\0")
Note: if you only want to split exact keywords you can provide the replacement parameter of the gsub with a table:
local marker = "\0"
local replace = {
[":oof:"] = marker,
[":bruh:"] = marker
}
local res = str:gsub("%b::", replace):split(marker)
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Both answers of @EmbatTheHybrid and @Jaycbee05 are VERY good. I will be using them soon as I right now cant. If you want to test you can have this
local CustomEmoji = {}
local label
local images = {
[1] = {
id = 1702642218,
name = ":oof:"
},
[2] = {
id = 8582339223,
name = ":bruh:"
},
[3] = {
id = 8518597017,
name = ":cat:"
},
[4] = {
id = 8918926280,
name = ":keel:"
}
}
local num = 0
local function addlabel(text,frame)
if text ~= "" then
local line = Instance.new("TextLabel",frame)
line.RichText = true
line.Name = num
num += 1
line.TextSize = label.TextSize
line.TextColor3 = label.TextColor3
line.BackgroundTransparency = 1
line.AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.XY
line.Text = text
end
end
local function addimg(id,frame)
local img = Instance.new("ImageLabel")
img.Name = num
num += 1
img.Size = UDim2.fromOffset(label.TextSize,label.TextSize)
img.Image = "rbxassetid://"..id
img.BackgroundTransparency = 1
img.Parent = frame
end
local function update(str)
if label:FindFirstChild("Line") then label.Line:Destroy() end
num = 0
local split = string.split(str,":")
local frame = Instance.new("Frame",label)
frame.Name = "Line"
frame.AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.XY
frame.BackgroundTransparency = 1
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0,0,0,0)
local uilistlayout = Instance.new("UIListLayout",frame)
uilistlayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Horizontal
uilistlayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.Name
for i,v in pairs(split) do
local imgg = nil
for _,img in pairs(images) do
if v == string.gsub(img.name,":","") then
imgg = img.id
break
end
end
if imgg then
addimg(imgg,frame)
else
addlabel(v,frame)
end
end
end
function CustomEmoji.Update(Label,Text)
label = Label
update(Text)
end
return CustomEmoji
Thank you for our answers. And have a fantastic Day/Evening/Night!
sorry to say but @Jaycbee05 and @EmbatTheHybrid your methods werent that good like thats now what I wanted it removed the emoji name as well! which I wanted to see. @Katrist post is still the solution. What I now did is to remove those “:” of the emojis with a star icon “★” as most people dont do unicode in roblox so that works. Still thanks for the help!