question on matches[2]

[Israafiyl]

So I am trying to figure out how to check matches[2] for certain words. Like if my target is zombie and I see "A nearly invisible magical shield forms around a small zombie." I have a trigger A nearly invisible magical shield forms around (.*). How can I make this check my target and if my target is the same as a word in the wildcard it will match? I am sorry if my question does not make much sense I am a bit tired

[Delrayne]

Well...it depends on how you target....I'm assuming you just use 'zombie' rather than 'a small zombie'.

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if (string.find(matches[2], targetVariable) then
   send("stuff to do")
else
    return
end

If you use 'a small zombie' then you can just do this.

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if (matches[2] == targetVariable) then
    send("stuff to do")
end

[Israafiyl]

Thank you very very much

[Israafiyl]

I am getting an error that I cant seem to figure out Lua syntax error: )' expected near 'then'

[Delrayne]

oh, add another ')' by targetVariable ....I'm bad about leaving out parenthesis when I use a function inside if statements...part of the drawback of using them when you don't have to, but I like the separation it gives.

[Israafiyl]

excellent thanks again