string.find

<function name="find" parent="string" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Attempts to find the specified substring in a string. <warning>This function uses <page text="Lua Patterns">Patterns</page> by default.</warning> </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 swear = "heck" if ( string.find( text:lower(), swear)) then return string.gsub(text, swear, "****") end end ) </code> </example>

<function name="find" parent="string" type="libraryfunc">
	<description>Attempts to find the specified substring in a string.

<warning>This function uses <page text="Lua Patterns">Patterns</page> by default.</warning>
</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 swear = "heck"
	if ( string.find( text:lower(), swear)) then    	
		return string.gsub(text,  swear, "****")
	end
end )

</code>

</example>

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