File serial.lua

A module to save tables to strings. Then the string can be executed with loadstring() obtainig a load of the table

Functions

serialize (name, val) Serialize a table.


Functions

serialize (name, val)
Serialize a table. Should be called in this way: serial.serialize("t",t)

Parameters

  • name: string containing the table name or nil.
  • val: table that will be serialized.

Return value:

the serialization of t in the form "t=something" if name != nil, otherwise it returns only something.

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