5 replies to this topic

[cptdeath58]

What is the term.serialize() and term.unserialize() good for and what do they do?

[CometWolf]

term.serialize, is that a 1.6 thing i didn't catch, or do you mean textutils.serialize?
textutils.serialize is used to convert a table to a string, unserialize converts it back.

Edited by CometWolf, 28 May 2014 - 11:43 PM.

[Lyqyd]

Where are you seeing term.serialize? I only know of textutils.serialize and textutils.unserialize, which are used for turning a table in a string representing the table and vice-versa.

[cptdeath58]

lol my bad textutils.serialize()

[EDIT] Im used to term than textutils

Edited by cptdeath58, 28 May 2014 - 11:45 PM.

[TheOddByte]

textutils.serialize converts a table into a string
It's good when saving a table to a file

local t = { foo = "bar" }
local f = fs.open( "foo-bar", "w" )
f.writeLine( textutils.serialize( t ) )
f.close()

or sending it over rednet

local t = { foo = "bar" }
rednet.send( 101, textutils.serialize( t )

textutils.unserialize converts it back
it's good when loading a serialized table from a file or getting a serialized table over rednet

local f = fs.open( "foo-bar", "r" )
local t = textutils.unserialize( f.readAll() )
f.close()

local id, msg = rednet.receive()
local t = textutils.unserialize( msg )

[cptdeath58]

Thanks, That helps a lot.