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• Index

Examples

• seesubst.lua
• sipscan.lua
• symbols.lua
• test-cmp.lua
• test-data.lua
• test-listcallbacks.lua
• test-pretty.lua
• test-symbols.lua
• testapp.lua
• testclone.lua
• testconfig.lua
• testglobal.lua
• testinputfields.lua
• testinputfields2.lua
• testxml.lua
• which.lua

Libraries

• pl
• pl.Set
• pl.app
• pl.array2d
• pl.class
• pl.compat
• pl.comprehension
• pl.config
• pl.data
• pl.dir
• pl.file
• pl.func
• pl.import_into
• pl.input
• pl.lapp
• pl.lexer
• pl.luabalanced
• pl.operator
• pl.path
• pl.permute
• pl.pretty
• pl.seq
• pl.sip
• pl.strict
• pl.stringio
• pl.stringx
• pl.tablex
• pl.template
• pl.test
• pl.text
• pl.types
• pl.url
• pl.utils
• pl.xml

Classes

• pl.Date
• pl.List
• pl.Map
• pl.MultiMap
• pl.OrderedMap

Manual

• Introduction
• Tables and Arrays
• Strings. Higher-level operations on strings.
• Paths and Directories
• Date and Time
• Data
• Functional Programming
• Additional Libraries
• Technical Choices

testconfig.lua

local stringio = require 'pl.stringio'
local config = require 'pl.config'

function dump(t,indent)
    if type(t) == 'table' then
        io.write(indent,'{\n')
        local newindent = indent..'  '
        for k,v in pairs(t) do
            io.write(newindent,k,'=')
            dump(v,indent)
            io.write('\n')
        end
        io.write(newindent,'},\n')
    else
        io.write(indent,t,'(',type(t),')')
    end
end


function testconfig(test)
    local f = stringio.open(test)
    local c = config.read(f)
    f:close()
    dump(c,'  ')
    print '-----'
end

testconfig [[
 ; comment 2 (an ini file)
[section!]
bonzo.dog=20,30
config_parm=here we go again
depth = 2
[another]
felix="cat"
]]

testconfig [[
# this is a more Unix-y config file
fred = 1
alice = 2
home = /bonzo/dog/etc
]]

testconfig [[
# this is just a set of comma-separated values
1000,444,222
44,555,224
]]