Re: bug

[Nagaev Boris <bnagaev@...>]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Nagaev Boris <bnagaev@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 6:14 PM,  <saboteur@gmail.hu> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>>  i have a binanry file with bytes 5e c9 c3 somewhere in the middle
>>
>>  i = data:find("\x5e\xc9\xc3")
>>
>>  this returns nil. what is wrong?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi!
>
> In Lua hex-escaping like "\x5e" doesn't work.
>
> From Lua manual:
>
>> A character in a string can also be specified by its numerical value using the escape sequence \ddd, where ddd is a sequence of up to three decimal digits. (Note that if a numerical escape is to be followed by a digit, it must be expressed using exactly three digits.)
>
> Replace "\x5e\xc9\xc3" with "^\201\195"
>

My answer is incorrect for Lua 5.3.
Sorry for the noise.


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Best regards,
Boris Nagaev