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This function returns a pattern finding iterator for UTF-8 strings. The iterator will search through the string input looking for instances of the pattern you passed. For more information on iterators read the ForTutorial and IteratorsTutorial.

Syntax

 utf8.gmatch ( )

Code Examples

server

This example prints every word in the UTF-8 string

for word in utf8.gmatch( "Как вас зовут?", "%a+" ) do
    print( word )
end

See Also

Reference

• Scripting Functions