chatbox

function split(str, pat)
   local t = {}
   local fpat = "(.-)" .. pat
   local last_end = 1
   local s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, 1)
   while s do
      if s ~= 1 or cap ~= "" then
         table.insert(t,cap)
      end
      last_end = e+1
      s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, last_end)
   end
   if last_end <= #str then
      cap = str:sub(last_end)
      table.insert(t, cap)
   end
   return t
end

while true do
	event, player, message = os.pullEvent("chat")
	messagep = split(message," ")
	if messagep[1] == ".echo" then
	 chat.say(message:sub(7))
	end
end