Math and commas

[Aquifn]

So, I want to take this line:

You possess 24 items and are carrying 1,034 gold sovereigns.

and pull out the amount of gold I'm holding into a variable that I can divide.

I currently use:

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You possess (\d+) items and are carrying ((\d+),(\d+)|(\d+)) gold sovereigns.

and have it do this:

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goldheld = matches[3]/2

This works for anything under 1k gold. (before the comma is added). Obviously my first part isn't working, it was just me messing around and doing guess work. I want to be able to grab both less than a thousand, and over a thousand, and have it work for the math. I'm not above using more variables.


Thanks!

[kevutian]

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goldheld = matches[2]:gsub(",", "")

[Aquifn]

Should this work?

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goldheld = (matches[3]/2):gsub(",", "")

[Jor'Mox]

First, you want your pattern to be this:
You possess (\d+) items and are carrying (([\d,]+)) gold sovereigns.
Then you would do this for the math.
goldheld = matches[2]:gsub(",","") / 2

[Aquifn]

Thanks fellas