Re: Capture patterns
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- Subject: Re: Capture patterns
- From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:14:06 -0200
> I am attempting to capture a series of numbers (all dollar amounts). I have
> experimented with multiple patterns to no avail. I created this small
Perhaps I'm missing something but the program below seems to work.
--lhf
function test(s)
local a,b,c,d=string.match(s,"(.-)%s+(%S+)%s+(%S+)%s+(%S+)$")
print(s)
print(a)
print(b)
print(c)
print(d)
print()
end
line_data={}
line_data[1] = "This is good data 4.00 3.99 (1,768.50)"
line_data[2] = "Data- In a line 5.00 (100,000.00) 957,123.45"
line_data[3] = "Repairs- () (Wages) 123,456.99 28,123.45 650.00"
line_data[4] = "Repairs- Ex. Wages 50,120.00 500.00 1,000.00"
line_data[5] = "A bunch of negatives (123,456.89) (123,456.90) (123,456.91)"
for i = 1, #line_data do
print(test(line_data[i]))
end