Custom Function inTable. Please help me improve it.

[Jules Graus]

Hello all,

I've made a function called inTable. It checks if a value is in a table. Returns true if it is. false if not:

function inTable(table, value)
	local i = "";
	local v = "";
	for i, v in pairs(table) do
		if value == v then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

Now, i want to improve it a bit. I want to be able to use placeholders like * and ?. Is this possible? Just the same placeholders like you have in File.Find

[Shrek]

Use patterns. Check the 5.4.1 - Patterns section in the attachment.

Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.zip

[Jules Graus]

Thank you for your answer. but i can't get my head around it.

I've tried this as an example test pattern: ".+.txt$"
I searched in the string "backup.txt" and "backup.txt.bat"

It should match backup.txt but not backup.txt.bat
But it doesnt match backup.txt

how should i understand my pattern ".+.txt$"?
Like this? look at the end of a string and search for .txt
Select any character (.) one or more times as many as possible.