find String rename

[Fabioxps]

if the name of the map and [old] to rename [OLDS]

function ismapDM(isim) 
    if string.find(isim, "[old]", 1, true) then 
        return string.find(isim, "[OLDS]", 1, true) 
  
    end 
end 

?

[Blaawee]

Are you mean renaming the resource name ? if so

renameResource 

If you are trying find [ old school map ] use this function

function ismapNameOLDS( mapName ) 
    return mapName:find( '[old]', 1, true ) or mapName:find( '[OLDS]', 1, true ) 
end 

[qaisjp]

You cannot rename directories as Multi Theft Auto views all resources in a flat structure and not within directory categories. Although re-reading your post it seems you're modifying the name of the map, and not the folder it resides inside.

Use

string.gsub(mapName, "[old]", "[OLDS]") 

[Fabioxps]

that's right?

function initRace(vehicle, checkpoints, objects, pickups, mapoptions, ranked, duration, gameoptions, mapinfo, playerInfo) 
    outputDebug( 'MISC', 'initRace start' ) 
    unloadAll() 
     
    g_Players = getElementsByType('player') 
    g_MapOptions = mapoptions 
    g_GameOptions = gameoptions 
    g_MapInfo = mapinfo 
    g_PlayerInfo = playerInfo 
    triggerEvent('onClientMapStarting', g_Me, mapinfo ) 
removeEventHandler("onClientPreRender",root, boladona) 
setWaveHeight ( 0 ) 
setHeatHaze ( 0 ) 
    nextMapSet(false) 
    --addEventHandler("onClientRender",getRootElement(),drawRadarS) 
  
                showPlayerHudComponent ("radar",true) 
            showPlayerHudComponent ("crosshair",true) 
    fadeCamera(true) 
    showHUD(false) 
     
    g_Vehicle = vehicle 
    setVehicleDamageProof(g_Vehicle, true) 
    OverrideClient.updateVars(g_Vehicle) 
     
    --local x, y, z = getElementPosition(g_Vehicle) 
    setCameraBehindVehicle(vehicle) 
    --alignVehicleToGround(vehicle) 
    updateVehicleWeapons() 
    setCloudsEnabled(g_GameOptions.cloudsenable) 
    setBlurLevel(g_GameOptions.blurlevel) 
    g_dxGUI.mapdisplay:visible(g_GameOptions.showmapname) 
    if engineSetAsynchronousLoading then 
        engineSetAsynchronousLoading( g_GameOptions.asyncloading ) 
    end 
string.gsub(mapName, "[old]", "[OLDS]") 
    g_dxGUI.mapdisplay:text("#a0ff00Map: #ffffff"..g_MapInfo.name) 
  
  

[qaisjp]

test it

[Fabioxps]

test it

does not work

[xXMADEXx]

test it

does not work

Read /debugscript 3.

[bandi94]

string library have some special characters call'd "magic characters" : ( ) . % + - * ? [ ^ $

So when you are using "string.gsub(mapName, "[old]", "[OLDS]")" then "[]" are seend as magic characters and not as a character.

To make string.gsub to use this "magic characters" as normal characters you need to put in front of them a "%".

  
string.gsub(mapName, "%[old%]", "[OLDS]") 
  

[Fabioxps]

fixed ty "puma" and all

[qaisjp]

no problem.

also they're not called magic characters, they're called special characters

[bandi94]

no problem.

also they're not called magic characters, they're called special characters

Then please go and tell to the LUA dev's that they write it wrong on the lua.org

http://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html

Some characters, called magic characters, have special meanings when used in a pattern. The magic characters are 
  
    ( ) . % + - * ? [ ^ $ 

[qaisjp]

Whoah, keep your offense down! By the way, the Lua dev's didn't create the PIL, iirc.

still called special characters, magic characters are for the stupid

[bandi94]

A Concerned Citizen , KK you are good , lua.org is bad .