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string.find#512007
<function name="find" parent="string" type="libraryfunc">⤶
<description>Attempts to find the specified substring in a string, uses <page>Patterns</page> by default.</description>⤶
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="haystack" type="string">The string to search in.</arg>⤶
<arg name="needle" type="string">The string to find, can contain patterns if enabled.</arg>⤶
<arg name="startPos" type="number" default="1">The position to start the search from, can be negative start position will be relative to the end position.</arg>⤶
<arg name="noPatterns" type="boolean" default="false">Disable patterns.</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<rets>⤶
<ret name="" type="number">Starting position of the found text, or nil if the text wasn't found</ret>⤶
<ret name="" type="number">Ending position of found text, or nil if the text wasn't found</ret>⤶
<ret name="" type="string">Matched text for each group if patterns are enabled and used, or nil if the text wasn't found</ret>⤶
</rets>⤶
</function>⤶
⤶
<example>⤶
<description>Change the word "heck" to "****" in chat messages</description>⤶
<code>⤶
hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "NoHeckHere", function( ply, text )⤶
local heckStart, heckEnd = string.find( text:lower(), "heck" )⤶
if heckStart then⤶
local civilText = string.sub( text, 1, heckStart - 1 ) .. "****" .. string.sub( text, heckEnd + 1 )⤶
return civilText⤶
end⤶
end )⤶
</code>⤶
⤶
</example>
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