help in string

[Scripting]

Hi all,

I m making this code to create a xml file with a name of a map,

For exemple:

local map = getMapName(source) 
if ( map == "race: firstmap" ) then 
                        xml = xmlCreateFile ("" .. map .. "", "root" ) 
                              xmlSaveFile(xml) 
end 

The problem the xml files cannot created because a letter not neded this [ : ]

how i can delete it by using a code?

[Castillo]

string.gsub 

[Scripting]

How that work?

[JR10]

local map = getMapName(source) 
if ( map == "race: firstmap" ) then 
                        map = map:gsub("race: ", "") 
                        xml = xmlCreateFile (map .. ".map", "root" ) 
                              xmlSaveFile(xml) 
end