Chat command parsing with patterns

[pollyzoid]

I'm having some problems with this, everything else works, but parsing quotes like Source does is killing me.
I know I could do this just by using player:ConCommand but I prefer doing stuff from scratch.

This is what I have
[lua]
local str = '!this is "random shite" and "another arg"'

local cmd = str:gsub( "^[!/](%S+)(.*)", "%1" ) -- this
str = str:gsub( "^[!/](%S+)%s*", "" ) -- is a test "random shite"

local args = {}

for v in str:gmatch( "(%S+)" ) do
table.insert( args, v )
end

--[[
args:
is
"random
shite"
and
"another
arg"
]]
[/lua]

And this is what I want the args to be:

is
"random shite"
and
"another arg"

Could someone help me?

[Deco Da Man]

Options:
If you're willing to use [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=750140]LPeg[/url]:
[QUOTE=Deco Da Man;15413116]Good example:
[lua]
-- Convert an argument string to a table
bot.patterns.argument = '"' * lpeg.Cs(((lpeg.P(1) - '"') + lpeg.P'""' / '"')^0) * '"' + lpeg.C((1 - lpeg.S'" ')^0)
bot.patterns.argument_list = lpeg.Ct(argument*(lpeg.space^1*argument)^0)
function bot:ParseArguments(str)
return lpeg.match(self.patterns.argument_list, str) -- So much friggen shorter than my original. I love LPeg!
end
[/lua][/QUOTE]
Or there's [url=http://codepad.org/zdzyOtNX]this[/url], by Lexi:
[lua]local text = '"this" is some "text which"has quoted "sections in" it'
local quote = text:sub(1,1) ~= '"'
local ret = {}
for chunk in string.gmatch(text, '[^"]+') do
quote = not quote
if quote then
table.insert(ret,chunk)
else
for chunk in string.gmatch(chunk, "%a+") do
table.insert(ret,chunk)
end
end
end
for k,v in ipairs(ret) do
print(k,v)
end
[/lua]

Enjoy!

[pollyzoid]

Thanks, have a heart :buddy:

[Lexic]

[QUOTE=Deco Da Man;17756998]Options:
If you're willing to use [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=750140]LPeg[/url]:

Or there's [url=http://codepad.org/zdzyOtNX]this[/url], by Lexi:
[lua]local text = '"this" is some "text which"has quoted "sections in" it'
local quote = text:sub(1,1) ~= '"'
local ret = {}
for chunk in string.gmatch(text, '[^"]+') do
quote = not quote
if quote then
table.insert(ret,chunk)
else
for chunk in string.gmatch(chunk, "%a+") do
table.insert(ret,chunk)
end
end
end
for k,v in ipairs(ret) do
print(k,v)
end
[/lua]

Enjoy![/QUOTE]
Hey I was going to post that! :argh: