Replacing a part of a string?

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#141380282Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:30 PM GMT

I'm trying to make my own chat filter for a custom chat system. What I want to do is replace certain words (swear words) with "funny" words. For example, the F word would become "blox" instead. I already know how to find the positions of a word in a string: string.match(word), but I don't know how to replace a part of a string with something else. So if anyone could show me an example of how I'd do it, that would be great. Thanks :) ~The herp lerped a derp~

AnonyAnonymous

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#141380493Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:34 PM GMT

Do you mean something such as using, "string.gsub"?, An example would be something such as, StringVariable = "String" print(string.gsub(StringVariable,"Strin","String")) The first parameter is the string, the second is the part of the string you want to change, the third is what you want to change it with.

jacklollz2

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#141380508Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:34 PM GMT

It wouldn't be possible as roblox already redirects it to #### not the actual word. If they posted a space like q-uack or something then you might be able to, but it's pretty useless.

filiptibell

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#141380885Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:43 PM GMT

@jacklollz2 Like I said, I'm using a custom chat system. Roblox doesn't really filter TextBox input that well... @AnonyAnonymous Thanks, that worked! Didn't know about gsub. ~The herp lerped a derp~