textutils.serialize

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Grid Redstone.png  Function textutils.serialize
Converts the object to a string that can be saved in a file or sent over rednet and then converted back into a copy of the object later, using unserialize. Nested structures are supported, but tables with circular graphs will be detected and raise an error.
Syntax textutils.serialize(anything)
Returns a string representing the object
Part of ComputerCraft
API textutils

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Sends a table over rednet, demonstrates object recovery
Code
myThing={name="Test", n=2}
sThing=textutils.serialize(myThing)
rednet.send(receiverID, sThing)  -- assuming you have rednet open and receiverID has a useful value
myCopy=textutils.unserialize(sThing)
print(myCopy.name)
Output Test
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