string.find - strange result

[JC]

I am getting a 'strange' result using string.find to find a '.' (full stop) in a string. The function always returns 1 regardless of where the full stop is. The code below illustrates the issue. It prints two numbers the top one should be the position of the full stop within the string "abcdef.", but always returns 1.
The second line shows the correct behaviour for the letter e. Am I doing something silly here ?

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screen:print(10,10,string.find("abcdef.","."),Color.new(255,255,255))
screen:print(10,20,string.find("abcdef.","e"),Color.new(255,255,255))


screen:flip()
screen.waitVblankStart()


pad = Controls.read()
while not pad:start() do
  pad = Controls.read()
end

TIA,
JC

[Drakonite]

string.find doesn't just search for a string, it searches for a pattern. This page gives more info. If you do something such as string.find("abcdef.",".",1,true) it will disable pattern matching and just search for the string.

[JC]

Thanks Drakonite,

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string.find("abcdef.",".",1,true) 

Does the trick.
Regards,
JC