Utf8.byte
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Returns the codepoints for the i-th through j-th character of the string passed.
Syntax
int,... utf8.byte ( string input [, int i=1, int j=1 ] )
Required Arguments
- input: A string character sequence
Optional Arguments
NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.
- i: An integer representing the beginning position.
- j: An integer representing the ending position.
Returns
Returns a sequence of integer values from the original string if successful, nil otherwise.
Example
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ServerThis example will print every codepoint in the input string to the server console.
local input = "Ницца!"
local codepoints = { utf8.byte( input, 1, utf8.len(input) ) }
for index, codepoint in ipairs( codepoints ) do
print( "Codepoint @ ".. index .." = ".. codepoint )
end
Output:
Codepoint @ 1 = 1053 Codepoint @ 2 = 1080 Codepoint @ 3 = 1094 Codepoint @ 4 = 1094 Codepoint @ 5 = 1072 Codepoint @ 6 = 33
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ClientThis example will print the codepoint of the first character (read: 'M') in the string literal.
local first = utf8.byte( "Multi Theft Auto", 1, 1 ) outputConsole( first ) -- 77
