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Assign variable with punctuation in between it in lua

I'm trying to write a script for DC++ hub based on Ptokax running on lua i'm trying to assign the nick(a variable) which has punctuation in between but it gives nil values (sPattern is ! already assigned in script)

sData = "[11:03:30] !spm sTo_Nick sFromNick message to be sent"

cmd,sToNick1,sToNick2,sFromNick ,sMessage = string.match(sData, "%b<>%s["..sPattern.."](%a*)(%s+)(%w*)(%s+)(%w*)(%s+)(%.*)")

what i want to be assigned is

cmd = spm sToNick1 = sTo , sToNick2 = Nick , sFromNick = sFromNick , sMessage = message to be sent

what i'm getting is spm sTo _ Nick

as can be seen here https://repl.it/BrAg/3

can anyone please suggest the edit or help.

Solution

  • You need to rearrange the capture groups:

    cmd,sToNick1,sToNick2,sFromNick,sMessage =
 string.match(sData, "%b<>%s["..sPattern.."](%a*)%s+(%w*)"..pattern.."(%w*)%s+(%w*)%s+(.*)")

    See the updated demo