Stange nick detection

[Shurlock]

Can someone please help me out?
I've searched, but too many possible's came up.

I need to detect nicknames using non-ASCII characters, in particular names like ^-_-^

I know the ^  has a special function and I just can't find a solution.

Thanks in advance.

[bastya_elvtars]

Escape characters?

if string.find(nick,"%^")

if you put a % before a magic char, it loses its special meaning. :)

[Shurlock]

Thanks Bastya!

I almost feel ashamed!  ;(

[plop]

try this.
string.find(line, "%W")

plop