Extracting text from a string

Garry's Mod coding
#1

:dys0n!ggG@hideen-5BEE476A.popl.cable.ntl.com PRIVMSG #rolfz0rz :heg

if you look it says :dys0n! i need to extract dys0n any ideas?

#2

I think what your looking for is **[String.Explode

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#3

[lua]
local function Extract( )

local str = ":dys0n!ggG@hideen-5BEE476A.popl.cable.ntl.com PRIVMSG #rolfz0rz :heg"
str = string.Explode( "!", str )

str[ 1 ] = string.gsub( str[ 1 ], ":", "" )

print( str[ 1 ] )

end[/lua]

#4

That’s assuming there will always be an !

#5

This question has already been answered via steam, he is using pattern matching.