How can I separate variable?

[NoviceWithManyProblems]

local var1 = "Bobby_Bob"
--..
local var1.1 = "Bobby"
local var1.2 = "Bob"

It's possible to do?

[Patrick]

local var1 = "Bobby_Bob"

local lengthofvar1 = #var1 -- returns: 9
local positionof_  = var1:find("_") -- returns: 6
local first_part   = var1:sub(1, positionof_- 1) -- returns: Bobby
local second_part  = var1:sub(positionof_ + 1, lengthofvar1) -- returns: Bob

 

Edited January 24, 2020 by stPatrick

[DNL291]

Depending on what he wants string.gsub already should do the job.

[N3xT]

You can also use:

split
gettok

 

[Enargy,]

 

You can use the split function to separate a string into several sub-strings.

local sep = "_" -- This character will be your separator
local var1 = split("Bobby_Bob", sep)

print(var1[1])	-- Result: Bobby
print(var1[2])	-- Result: Bob