Re: U-umlaut and two-letter combination

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

I know that problem, and afik string.find() does not offer a means to  
it.

However, how about string.gsub(txt,"ue","ü") first, and then do the  
string.find?

-ak


Florian Berger kirjoitti 18.9.2005 kello 21.59:

> Hi.
>
> I have a simple question about string searching. Let's say that I  
> want to know if city "Muenchen" is found in text. If I don't know  
> the source of text the city might be written like "Muenchen" or  
> "München". I would like to make my search support both versions  
> with single search pattern. Something like: string.find(txt, "m[ü  
> or ue]nchen"). The problem is that the alternatives don't have the  
> same length. Otherwise they could be put to a set. Is there any  
> simple solution to this problem?
>
> Florian