Problem with masked dx text

[3B00DG4MER]

Hi guys,

I was trying an editfield with dx

i had problem

how to replace for ex : "3B00DG4MER" with "***********" or "hi" with "**"

i tried using string.gsub

string.gsub(self.edit.text, "(%a)", function(w) return "*" end) 

[WhoAmI]

string.gsub ( self.edit.text, ".", "*" ) 

Edited May 25, 2015 by Guest

[tosfera]

use lua's string.rep function to repeat something.

can be used like;

dxDrawText ( string.rep ( "*", string.length ( self.edit.text ) ), ... 

This way, you don't have to save the password somewhere else for your authentication ( if it's a password ).

[3B00DG4MER]

string.len and not string.length

Ty anyway