Lua patterns returning nil

Question

This match is returning as nil, even in my eyes is okay. string:match("^This boots belongs to the player (.-)%.$")

The string is

legendary boots. It can only be wielded properly by players of level 70 or higher. It weighs 8.00 oz. This boot has less regeneration than a soft boots, but it is infinite. This boots belongs to the player Administrador.

It should returns the player name "Administrador", but always return as nil. What I'm doing wrong?

revo · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-18 14:10:29Z

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Lua, as it seems, doesn't provide a method to receive different flags in order to change behaviors of some anchors / tokens. Saying that, ^ means start of string not start of line. Just remove it.

answered Nov 18, 2017 at 14:10

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