Lua check for '[]' in the text

[roriscrave]

How can i check '[' ']' in the text?
exemple:

local string1 = "[normal] magic plate armor"
local string2 = "[epic] magic plate armor"

i want to print string1 = [normal]
print string2 = [epic]

want to get the [string]

 

[Night Wolf]

Use REGEX recipes

Programming in Lua : 20.1

lua-users wiki: String Recipes

lua-users wiki: Patterns Tutorial

Lua 5.3 Reference Manual

A few options:
1. match anything that isn't between [] and sub it to ""
2. match what's inside of [ ] with string.match

example (case 2):

print(string.match(string1, "%[.+%]"))

 

[roriscrave]

Use REGEX recipes

Programming in Lua : 20.1

lua-users wiki: String Recipes

lua-users wiki: Patterns Tutorial

Lua 5.3 Reference Manual

A few options:
1. match anything that isn't between [] and sub it to ""
2. match what's inside of [ ] with string.match

example (case 2):

print(string.match(string1, "%[.+%]"))

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