Working with the Roblox string manipulation library Lua

If you're building a game, you're going to spend a lot of time poking around the roblox string manipulation library lua to handle player names, chat messages, or UI labels. It's one of those things that seems boring at first until you realize that almost every interaction in a game involves text in some way. Whether you're making a custom leaderboard, filtering a chat, or just trying to format a timer so it doesn't look like a mess, knowing how to move characters around is a superpower. ...

February 17, 2026 · 7 min · Picazo Victorino