local querycreate = "create user 'dddqwd123_dwqd'@'localhost'" local create, usercreate, username, userhost = querycreate:match("^(%w+)%s+(%w+)%s+'([%w_]+)'@'(%w+)'$") print(string.format("query: %s", querycreate)) print(string.format(" var create = %s \n var usercreate = %s \n var username = %s \n var userhost = %s", create, usercreate, username, userhost))