Re: Lua Patterns: How do I express this pattern?

[Rici Lake <lua@...>]

On 24-Apr-05, at 11:13 AM, Cena, Resty wrote:

> Hello,
>  How do I express this pattern:
>
>  CrV
>
>  that is, a sequence of any C(onsonant) followed by a specific letter, 
> in this case r, followed by any V(owel).
>
>  I guess if I can define somewhere that
>
>  %k (consonants)
>  $v (vowels)
>
>  then I can easily say:
>
>  [%kr%v]
>
>  Any help on how I can accomplish this?
>
>  Thanks.

EPCOR?

anyway, leaving out curiosities like when y is a vowel:

V = "[aeiouyAEIOUY]"
K = "[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ]"

function krv(r)
  return K..r..V
end

consonant_y_vowel = krv"y"

string.find(str, consonant_y_vowel)