Help with formspecs?

[Tmanyo]

I am new to modding so go easy on me. Is there a way for a player to input a string of words in the field box and index key-words in the string they submitted to supply the player an answer through a list of possible answers?

[Krock]

First of all, there are basically two questions:
1) How do I use text input fields?
2) Searching a text element in a list

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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Formspec element for your text input:
field[x pos,y pos;width,height;field_name;label text;]

Getting the formspec callback (when pressing a button)
minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function(sender, formname, fields)
   if formname ~= "formspec_name" then
      return
   end
   if not fields["field_name"] then
      return
   end
   
   -- String lookup code
end)


And now the text value search part:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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local mytable = {
   "stuff1 things",
   "foobar attack",
   "string operation",
   "iamstupid.com"
}
-- Looking through the whole table
for i,v in ipairs(mytable) do
   if string.match(string.lower(v), "text to search") then
      -- Found something!
   end
end

[Tmanyo]

Thank you, Krock. You answered my question.