Loading a table from a .txt file (lua) (textToTable)

[dudeim]

Hey all,

I've been out of ot a while so scripting is harder again

I'm currently trying to save a table to a txt file on my pc and then load it back to a table again, the saving is working (thanks to mock for a function) though I have no idea how I would go about loading it back to a table so I can actually use the table for scripting.
Here is the code to save the table:

function tableToString(tb) -- by Mock
	if type(tb) ~= "table" then
		return nil, error("bad argument #1 to 'saveTable' (table expected, got "..type(tb)..")", 2)
	end
	local str = "{"
	for k,d in pairs(tb) do
		if type(k) == 'string' then
			if type(d) == 'string' then
				str = str..""..k.."='"..d.."',"
			elseif type(d) == 'number' or type(d) == 'boolean' then
				str = str..""..k.."="..tostring(d)..","
			elseif type(d) == 'table' then
				str = str..'{'
				for e,f in pairs(d) do
					if type(e) == 'string' then
						if type(f) == 'string' then
							str = str..""..e.."='"..f.."',"
						elseif type(f) == 'number' or type(e) == 'boolean' then
							str = str..""..e.."="..tostring(f)..","
						elseif type(f) == 'table' then
							str = str..""..e.."="..tableToString(f)..","
						end
					elseif type(e) == 'number' then
						if type(f) == 'string' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]='"..f.."',"
						elseif type(f) == 'number' or type(f) == 'boolean' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]="..tostring(f)..","
						elseif type(f) == 'table' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]="..tableToString(f)..","
						end
					end
				end
				str = str..'},'
			end
		elseif type(k) == 'number' then
			if type(d) == 'string' then
				str = str.."["..k.."]='"..d.."',"
			elseif type(d) == 'number' or type(d) == 'boolean' then
				str = str.."["..k.."]="..tostring(d)..","
			elseif type(d) == 'table' then
				str = str..'{'
				for e,f in pairs(d) do
					if type(e) == 'string' then
						if type(f) == 'string' then
							str = str..""..e.."='"..f.."',"
						elseif type(f) == 'number' or type(e) == 'boolean' then
							str = str..""..e.."="..tostring(f)..","
						elseif type(f) == 'table' then
							str = str..""..e.."="..tableToString(f)..","
						end
					elseif type(e) == 'number' then
						if type(f) == 'string' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]='"..f.."',"
						elseif type(f) == 'number' or type(f) == 'boolean' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]="..tostring(f)..","
						elseif type(f) == 'table' then
							str = str.."["..e.."]="..tableToString(f)..","
						end
					end
				end
				str = str..'},'
			end
		end
	end
	local str = str.."}"
	if string.sub(str,string.len(str)-2,string.len(str)-2) == "," then
		str = string.sub(str,0,string.len(str)-3).."}"
	end
	return str
end

So now I want to be able to do somthing like this:

function bla
local table1 = { value1 = 15, value2 = 20, value3 = 117, value4 = 3}
doWriteFile(path1,tableToString(table1)
local table2 = loadTable(path1) --this can also be something like a function textToTable as that's basicly what I need
--now I should be able to do stuff with the values from table1 using table 2
local totalvalue = table2.value1+table2.value2+table2.value3+table2.value4 --this would be 15+20+117+3
end

So to sum it up, can anyone help me creating a textToTable function?
I can probably script it myself if I am pointed in the correct direction with a little example or something.

Thanks alot!

 

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