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  1. -- test.lua
  2. s = "\\sitem  Hello\n\\end{itemize}"
  3. print(s)
  4.  
  5. result = string.gsub ( s, '\\sitem%s+(.-)(\n\\)' , '\\item\\makefirstuc {%1},%2')
  6. print("\nAfter gsub")
  7. print(result)
  8.  
  9. --After gsub
  10. --\item\makefirstuc {Hello},
  11. --\end{itemize}
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 5444KB
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\sitem  Hello
\end{itemize}

After gsub
\item\makefirstuc {Hello},
\end{itemize}
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Lua (luac 5.3.3)
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