3 replies to this topic

[maddigger00009]

can you send an array over rednet? if not can i some how send one as a string.

[inventor2514]

You can convert a table to a string using textutils.serialize( table )

[jag]

If you send the words separated by a space you could do

local array = {}
local id, message = rednet.receive()
for word in string.gmatch(message, "%a+") do
  table.insert(array, word)
end

[jag]

inventor2514, on 30 September 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

You can convert a table to a string using textutils.serialize( table )

And like inventor2514 mean, you can split the array/table when you send it

local array = {
  "chicken",
  "car",
  "craftComputer"
}
local sendString = ""

for _, value in pairs(array) do
  sendString = sendString + " " + value
end

string.sub(sendString, 2) -- This just removes the first 'space'

rednet.send(compId, sendString)
-- This will send:
-- chicken car craftComputer