Table Handling

Okay, so I have been trying to save items to a table. Currently, I am trying to save a serialized table to a file. Code:

local tabl = {"i1" = {iType = "Bread", amount = "5", price = 1, sId = 84},"i2" = {iType = "Wheat", amount = "64", price = 2, sId = 0}, "i3" = {iType = "Seeds", amount = "4 1/2 Stks", price = 5, sId = 0}}
file = fs.open("shop", "w")
file.write(textutils.serialize(tabl))
file.close()
print("h")
error()

After that, I get the error "bios:339: [string "startup"]:1: "}" expected." The table is fine, and I see no error. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

These are valid ways to declare keys in new tables:

local tabl = {i1 = {}}
local tabl = {["i1"] = {}}

… as opposed to:

local tabl = {"i1" = {}}

metron80, on 03 November 2014 - 01:46 AM said:

Okay, so I have been trying to save items to a table. Currently, I am trying to save a serialized table to a file. Code:

local tabl = {"i1" = {iType = "Bread", amount = "5", price = 1, sId = 84},"i2" = {iType = "Wheat", amount = "64", price = 2, sId = 0}, "i3" = {iType = "Seeds", amount = "4 1/2 Stks", price = 5, sId = 0}}
file = fs.open("shop", "w")
file.write(textutils.serialize(tabl))
file.close()
print("h")
error()

After that, I get the error "bios:339: [string "startup"]:1: "}" expected." The table is fine, and I see no error. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

You are essentially trying to save a table to a string. The problem here is the "il" = when you define the table.

edit: ninjaed

Ok, so it would be this:

local tabl = {i1 = {iType = "Bread", amount = "5", price = 1, sId = 84}, i2 = {iType = "Wheat", amount = "64", price = 2, sId = 0}, i3 = {iType = "Seeds", amount = "4 1/2 Stks", price = 5, sId = 0}}

Not what was in the first post.

Yep, that'll work just fine.

Okay thanks! Appreciated! :)/>