Reading Varible from File? - Even Possible?

split = function(str,pat)

local t = {}
local fpat = "(.-)" .. pat
local last_end = 1
local s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, 1)
while s do
if s ~= 1 or cap ~= "" then
table.insert(t,cap)
end
last_end = e+1
s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, last_end)
end
if last_end <= #str then
cap = str:sub(last_end)
table.insert(t, cap)
end
return t
end

variable = {
vars = { };
add = function( name, data )
  table.insert( variable.vars, { name = name, type = type( data ), data = data } )
end;
save = function( file )
  local t = { }
  for i = 1,#variable.vars do
   if variable.vars[i].type == "table" then
	variable.vars[i].data = textutils.serialize( variable.vars[i].data )
   end
   table.insert( t, variable.vars[i].name..";"..variable.vars[i].type..";"..tostring( variable.vars[i].data ) )
  end
  k = fs.open( file, "w" )
  for i = 1,#t do
   k.writeLine( t[i] )
  end
  k.close( )
end;
remove = function( index )
  if type( index ) == "string" then
   for i = 1,#variable.vars do
	if variable.vars[i].name == index then
	 table.remove( variable.vars, i )
	 return true
	end
   end
  else
   table.remove( variable.vars, index )
  end
end;
load = function( file )
  local k = assert( fs.open( file, "r" ), "File not found" )
  m = k.readAll( )
  k.close( )
  k = split( m, "\n" )
  for i = 1,#k do
   m = split( k[i], ";" )
   if m[2] == "table" then
	m[3] = textutils.unserialize( m[3] )
   elseif m[2] == "number" then
	m[3] = tonumber( m[3] )
   elseif m[2] == "boolean" then
	if m[3] == "false" then
	 m[3] = false
	else
	 m[3] = true
	end
   end
   variable.add( m[1], m[3] )
   _G[m[1]] = m[3]
  end
end;
}