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

["Cena, Resty" <rcena@...>]

Title: RE: Lua Patterns: How do I express this pattern?

Thank you very much for the reply. As a nubie, I'll have to sit down and munch on this for a while to get it ...
cheers!
rc


-----Original Message-----
From:   lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br on behalf of Rici Lake
Sent:   Sun 4/24/2005 10:48 AM
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Subject:        Re: Lua Patterns: How do I express this pattern?

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)

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