LIP.lua

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--- Lua INI Parser.
-- It has never been that simple to use INI files with Lua.
--@author Dynodzzo

local LIP = {};

--- Returns a table containing all the data from the INI file.
--@param fileName The name of the INI file to parse. [string]
--@return The table containing all data from the INI file. [table]
function LIP.load(fileName)
	assert(type(fileName) == 'string', 'Parameter "fileName" must be a string.');
	local file = assert(io.open(fileName, 'r'), 'Error loading file : ' .. fileName);
	local data = {};
	local section;
	for line in file:lines() do
		local tempSection = line:match('^%[([^%[%]]+)%]$');
		if(tempSection)then
			section = tonumber(tempSection) and tonumber(tempSection) or tempSection;
			data[section] = data[section] or {};
		end
		local param, value = line:match('^([%w|_]+)%s-=%s-(.+)$');
		if(param and value ~= nil)then
			if(tonumber(value))then
				value = tonumber(value);
			elseif(value == 'true')then
				value = true;
			elseif(value == 'false')then
				value = false;
			end
			if(tonumber(param))then
				param = tonumber(param);
			end
			data[section][param] = value;
		end
	end
	file:close();
	return data;
end

--- Saves all the data from a table to an INI file.
--@param fileName The name of the INI file to fill. [string]
--@param data The table containing all the data to store. [table]
function LIP.save(fileName, data)
	assert(type(fileName) == 'string', 'Parameter "fileName" must be a string.');
	assert(type(data) == 'table', 'Parameter "data" must be a table.');
	local file = assert(io.open(fileName, 'w+b'), 'Error loading file :' .. fileName);
	local contents = '';
	for section, param in pairs(data) do
		contents = contents .. ('[%s]\n'):format(section);
		for key, value in pairs(param) do
			contents = contents .. ('%s=%s\n'):format(key, tostring(value));
		end
		contents = contents .. '\n';
	end
	file:write(contents);
	file:close();
end

return LIP;