Difference between revisions of "Textutils.serialize"
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 28 July 2016
 Function textutils.serialize | |
| Converts the object to a string that can be saved in a file or sent over rednet and then converted back into a copy of the object later, using textutils.unserialize(). Nested structures are supported, but tables with circular graphs will be detected and raise an error.
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| Syntax | textutils.serialize(table/string/number/boolean/nil data) |
| Returns | string serializedData |
| Part of | ComputerCraft |
| API | textutils |
Examples
 Example | |
| Serializes a table and prints it | |
| Code |
local myTable = {
key = "value",
[5] = "numbers",
array = {1, 2, 3}
}
print( textutils.serialize( myTable ) )
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| Output |
{
key = "value",
[5] = "numbers",
array = {
1,
2,
3
}
}
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