CODEWITHSUNDEEP
lua
user15915698
user15915698

Reputation:

string.find a string in a dictionary in Lua

So I have a dictionary:

local toFind = "Layla"

local songs = {
    {name = "Eric Clapton - Layla", id = "123"},
    {name = "Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff", id = "321"}
}

Is it possible to use string.find(songs, toFind) or something similar to find the table that contains the "Layla" string?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 474

Answers (1)

koyaanisqatsi
koyaanisqatsi

Reputation: 2823

All strings have string functions attached as methods.
Therefore you can directly do...

for k,v in pairs(songs) do
 if v.name:find(toFind) then
  return songs[k], v.name
 end
end

...that returns the table and the full Text...

table: 0x565cbec0   Eric Clapton - Layla

Upvotes: 1

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