string.fin/gsub

[#Paper]

i have this code:

if string.find(g_MapInfo.name, "[DM]", 1, false) then 
   g_MapInfo.name = string.gsub(g_MapInfo.name, '[DM]', '#ff0000[DM]#236B8E') 
end 

instead to be: [DM] lol

it becomes: [[DM][DM]] lol

How to fix?

[Uisaqin]

try

if string.find(g_MapInfo.name, "[DM]", 1, true) then -- disable pattern matching on [ ] 
   g_MapInfo.name = string.gsub(g_MapInfo.name, '%[DM%]', '#ff0000[DM]#236B8E') -- escape [ ] with %[ %] 
end 

[#Paper]

try

if string.find(g_MapInfo.name, "[DM]", 1, true) then -- disable pattern matching on [ ] 
   g_MapInfo.name = string.gsub(g_MapInfo.name, '%[DM%]', '#ff0000[DM]#236B8E') -- escape [ ] with %[ %] 
end 

omfg it works D:

Btw what changes if i use the %?? D:

[Aibo]

[ and ] are special characters used to denote a character set in a pattern. "[DM]" is a pattern and it means "D or M".

that's why special characters must be escaped with %.