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convert table to string

The 4 Space Constants Tetraquad answered on August 23, 2023 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer convert table to string

convert table to string

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function tprint (tbl, indent)
  if not indent then indent = 0 end
  local toprint = string.rep(" ", indent) .. "{\r\n"
  indent = indent + 2 
  for k, v in pairs(tbl) do
    toprint = toprint .. string.rep(" ", indent)
    if (type(k) == "number") then
      toprint = toprint .. "[" .. k .. "] = "
    elseif (type(k) == "string") then
      toprint = toprint  .. k ..  "= "   
    end
    if (type(v) == "number") then
      toprint = toprint .. v .. ",\r\n"
    elseif (type(v) == "string") then
      toprint = toprint .. "\"" .. v .. "\",\r\n"
    elseif (type(v) == "table") then
      toprint = toprint .. tprint(v, indent + 2) .. ",\r\n"
    else
      toprint = toprint .. "\"" .. tostring(v) .. "\",\r\n"
    end
  end
  toprint = toprint .. string.rep(" ", indent-2) .. "}"
  return toprint
end

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