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Latest revision as of 17:41, 8 January 2011

Calling Pattern

Call

local b = sl.tabletolua(a)

Args

a is a table

Results

b is a string, compatible with the lua parser

Usage Example

local a = {[3.14] = 0.7071, [' una ']=1, test='Some "random" string.'}
local b = sl.tabletolua(a)
local c = dostring('return '..b)
print(b,'\013\010')
print(sl.keyvalstr(c))
--> {[" una "] = 1,["test"] = "Some \"random\" string.",[3.14] = 0.7071,}

    table keys:values = {
     una :1,
    test:Some "random" string.,
    3.14:0.7071,
    }

Description

Encodes a table as a sequence of characters compatible with the lua dostring command. Table keys and values may be composed of boolean,numeric,string, and table types. Does not encode any associated metatables. Uses string.format on string values to ensure proper encoding of escape characters (though may not have desired effect on non-visible control characters).

Upon Error

Tabletolua fails silently. Improper types are encoded as strings of value 'ERROR'. If tabletolua receives no argument or a non-table argument, then '' (an empty string) is returned.

See Also