Config file stuff

ladyDia

Jan 23rd, 2025 (edited)

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local fileLocation = "config.txt"
local rawFile = io.open(fileLocation,"rb")
local currentLine = ""
local configValues = {}
local tempTable = {}
local stringToData = {
["true"] = true,
["false"] = false,
["nil"] = nil
}
local function stripString(inputString, splitChar)
--[[
Takes in a string, removes all characters that match the
splitChar, and outputs a table of strings from where the
splitChar was.
--]]
local outputTable = {}
local tempString = ""
if not type(inputString) == "string" then
print("stripString: input not string")
goto skip
end
for index = 1, #inputString, 1 do
if string.sub(inputString,index,index) == splitChar then
table.insert(outputTable,tempString)
tempString = ""
goto continue
end
tempString = tempString .. string.sub(inputString,index,index)
::continue::
end
table.insert(outputTable,tempString)
::skip::
return outputTable
end
local function cullString(inputString, cullChar)
--[[
Takes in a string and removes all instances of a character
from it
--]]
local tempString = ""
local tempChar = ""
for index = 1, string.len(inputString), 1 do
tempChar = string.sub(inputString,index,index)
if tempChar ~= cullChar then
tempString = tempString .. tempChar
end
end
return tempString
end
local function loadConfig()
--[[
Wipes the stored config and reloads it
--]]
configValues = {}
rawFile = io.open(fileLocation,"rb")
while currentLine ~= nil do
currentLine = rawFile:read("*line")
tempTable = stripString(currentLine, "=")
if #tempTable = 2 then
if stringToData[tempTable[2]] == nil then
configValues[cullString(tempTable[1]," ")] = tempTable[2]
else
configValues[cullString(tempTable[1]," ")] = stringToData[tempTable[2]]
end
end
end
io.close(rawFile)
end

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