Replace a character in a string [Solved]

[Number8]

Hello
I'm running Domoticz 4.1214. Using dzVents: I'm trying to replace a character by another one in a string. Can anyone lead me towards the solution?Thank you

[waaren]

I'm trying to replace a character by another one in a string. Can anyone lead me towards the solution ?

Have a look at this site
You will find something like below ( and a lot of other useful information on Lua)

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local a = 'domoticz'
local b = a:gsub('d','D')
print(b) --> Domoticz

[Number8]

Thanks a lot.

[Number8]

As a matter of fact I need to replace a dot '.' by a comma ','. So far it does not work. Is the comma considered as a special character that I should declare another way?

[zicht]

you should escape it

[waaren]

As a matter of fact I need to replace a dot '.' by a comma ','. So far it does not work. Is the comma considered as a special character that I should declare another way?

You could do yourself a big favor by trying to use a search engine before asking here. The first hit when searching for 'special character Lua'
Shows this site where you can read how to escape these special chars.

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> a = 'domoticz. dzVents'
b = a:gsub('%.',',')
print(b) --> domoticz, dzVents

[Number8]

Thanks @waaren. This is what I did at the first place, I was indeed trying to search for escape in the tutorial without success.