Difference between revisions of "Textutils.serialize"
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| − | |desc=Sends a table over rednet | + | |desc=Sends a table over rednet, demonstrates object recovery |
| − | |code=myThing={name="Test", n=2} | + | |code=myThing={name="Test", n=2} |
| + | sThing=textutils.serialize(myThing) | ||
| + | [[rednet.send]](receiverID, sThing) | ||
| + | myCopy=[[textutils.unserialize]](sThing) | ||
| + | print(myCopy.name) | ||
|output=Test | |output=Test | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 4 October 2012
 Function textutils.serialize | |
| Converts the object to a string that can be saved or sent and then converted back into a copy of the object later, using unserialize. Nested structures are supported, but tables with circular graphs will be detected and raise an error. | |
| Syntax | textutils.serialize(anything) |
| Returns | a string representing the object |
| Part of | ComputerCraft |
| API | textutils |
Examples
 Example | |
| Sends a table over rednet, demonstrates object recovery | |
| Code |
myThing={name="Test", n=2}
sThing=textutils.serialize(myThing) rednet.send(receiverID, sThing) myCopy=textutils.unserialize(sThing) print(myCopy.name) |
| Output | Test |
