User:RonnieV/luasandbox

This is the sandbox for testing Lua.

Task 5
Q1. What does %w+ match in a Lua pattern? A1. One or more ASCII alphanumeric characters (letters and digits, [a-ZA-Z0-9])

Q2. What does %d+ match in a Lua pattern? A2. One or more digits ([0-9])

American pattern would be:

local m, d, y = string.match(dmy, "(%w+) (%d+), (%d+)")

fallback languages
Most fallback languages has:

Task 7
Douglas Adams:

date of birth of Richard Burton:

the date of death of Elizabeth Taylor

Douglas Adams was born on.

Douglas Adams deceased on.

Richard Burton was born on.

Elizabeth Taylor died on.

Fetching an item
Douglas Adams died by.

Richard Burton's wife is called.