split string power

[jandoedel99]

I have a string with hold the data of my smartmeter. I need the 5e element. How do i separete that element.
1508914;1483046;446236;1202730;3018;0

Thanks

[SweetPants]

Try this:

str = "1508914;1483046;446236;1202730;3018;0"

words = {}
for word in str:gmatch("([^;]+)") do table.insert(words, word) end
print (words[5])

[jandoedel99]

Thanks this works.

[freijn]

str = "1508914;1483046;446236;1202730;3018;0"

local result = mw.text.split(str,";")
-- result[4] will give "3018"

[SweetPants]

str = "1508914;1483046;446236;1202730;3018;0"

local result = mw.text.split(str,";")
-- result[4] will give "3018"

Are you sure this works?

[mvrossum]

Thanks @SweetPants