SYNOPSIS
string.match(s,pattern[,init])
DESCRIPTION
Looks for the first match of pattern in the string s. If it finds one, then
match returns the captures from the pattern; otherwise it returns nil. If
pattern specifies no captures, then the whole match is returned. A third, optional numerical
argument init specifies where to start the search; its default value is 1 and can be negative.
RETURN VALUE
Returns a string or nil.
EXAMPLE
>
print(string.match("test","te"))
te