[help] Trigger / Regex on Directions

[icesteruk]

I'm trying to capture

You see exits leading north (open pine door), northeast (open pine door), east, southeast (open pine
door), south (open pine door), southwest, west (open pine door), northwest, and in.

And other direction triggers but I don't want the (open pine door), (closed pine door) etc.. and sometimes its not pine but wood doors.. And for it to be placed without a stinglist.

So far I have

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^You see exits leading (.+).$

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local gdir = matches[2]:gsub("and ", "")

local gdir_table = string.split(gdir, ", ")
display(gdir_table)

which shows

{
"north (open pine door)",
"northeast (open pine door)",
"east",
"southeast (open pine door)",
"south (open pine door)",
"southwest",
"west (open pine door)",
"northwest",
"in"
}

Any help with be greatful!

[Akaya]

Since there are only a set amount of directions, you could store them in one table, check them against your string, and add them to another table.

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local dirs = {"north","south","east","west","northeast","northwest","southeast","southwest","in","out","up","down"}
local my_string = string.split(matches[2]," ")
local gdir_table = {}
for k,v in pairs(dirs) do
  if table.contains(my_string, v) then
    table.insert(gdir_table, v)
  end
end
display(gdir_table)

[icesteruk]

Its not even classing the door as a exit/entrance now.. This is what I get

You see exits leading north (open pine door), northeast (open pine door), east, southeast (open pine
door), south (open pine door), southwest, west (open pine door), northwest, and in.

{
"east",
"northwest",
"southwest"
}

[demonnic]

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myString="north (open pine door)"
myString=myString:gsub("%s+(.*)", "")
print(myString)

quick bit of code to demonstrate stripping the (open pine door) portion of the direction. You can run it over at http://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo

[Akaya]

Just ran my code against that string and worked just fine.

[icesteruk]

Just ran my code against that string and worked just fine.

Not to sound ungreatful but I ran the code you put and, it didnt show the exits with doors heh .. But, That might work for what im after

Thank you

[Akaya]

Sorry. Should've posted just the idea. Not the code.