Paring parameters with regexp

[Szandos]

Need help in parsing the parameters to my slash command. I am doing a slash command that takes two parameters in the form "myCmd param1 param2". However, the params can contain spaces and thus should be in "", but I still would like to not have that when they don't contain spaces. Example:

myCmd mace sword
myCmd "mace of destruction" "sword of power"

I guess I have to use string.find to get the parameters out, but how would I do???

Thanks
Roberto

[Elkano]

You could try the following (I'm not sure it will work 'cause I haven't tested it, but I think it will):

function getparams(text) {
  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "\"([^\"]+)\" \"([^\"]+)\"");
  if match ~= nil then return match;
  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "\"([^\"]+)\" ([^\"]+)");
  if match ~= nil then return match;
  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "([^\"]+) \"([^\"]+)\"");
  if match ~= nil then return match;
  _, _, match, match2 = string.find(text, "([^\"]+) ([^\"]+)");
  if match ~= nil then return match;
  retun nil;
}

Here is a link to the lua manual, where you may find other usefull information regarding pattern matching in lua (linked page and followups): http://www.lua.org/pil/20.html