require("re")
--
prompt = re.compile ( [[
							prompt <- '<' ( {:Vitals: vdata :} {:TNL: tnl :} {:Gold: gold :} {:Room: room :} ) -> {} space '>'
							room   <- ( 'room: ' {:room: name :} -> trim space ) -> '%1'
							gold   <- ( 'gold: ' {: num :} space )
							tnl    <- ( {: num :} 'tnl' space )
							vdata  <- ( {:cHP: num :} '/' {:mHP: num :} 'hp ' {:cMN: num :} '/' {:mMN: num :} 'mn '
										{:cMV: num :} '/' {:mMV: num :} 'mv' space ) -> {}
							name   <- [A-Za-z][A-Za-z%s]*
							num    <- { %d+ } -> tonumber
							space  <- %s*
					  ]],
					  {
							 [ "tonumber" ] = tonumber
							,trim = function ( s ) return s:match'^()%s*$' and '' or s:match'^%s*(.*%S)' end
					  }
					)
--
pdata = "<3344/3344hp 2892/3246mn 2382/2382mv 3930tnl gold: 140157  room: The Aardwolf Plaza Hotel >"
--
p = prompt:match(pdata) -- test.