Re: Convert Pattern of String into Table with Values

[Hadriel Kaplan <HKaplan@...>]

-- get simple list
local ElderScrollsInfo = {}
local Record

for indent, line in Ammo:gmatch'( *)(.-)\n' do
  if line:find'^AMMO' then
    ElderScrollsInfo[#ElderScrollsInfo+1] = {}
    Record = ElderScrollsInfo[#ElderScrollsInfo]
  end
  local name, value = line:match'^(.-): (.*)$'
  if name then
     name = name:match'^(.-) %-' or name  -- make names short
     Record[name] = value
  end
end

assert(#ElderScrollsInfo == 4)


-- unsorted printing of records/fields
for i, Record in ipairs(ElderScrollsInfo) do
  print('Record #'..i)
  for k,v in pairs(Record) do
    print('\t'..k..'\t=\t'..v)
  end
end

On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Billy Peacock <spooky_loco_pv@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Egor Skriptunoff <egor.skriptunoff <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Billy Peacock <spooky_loco_pv <at> yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> I am trying to collect a range of Data from a string, that holds Data Values
>> example..
>>  assert(Table.Ammo.Signature == 'AMMO')
>>  assert(Table.Ammo.['Data Size'] == 194)
>> If anyone has any input on how to help me, i would appreciate it alot
>> 
>> 
>> IMHO, LPEG is a bit overkill.Lua regexp support is enough here.Two versions: 
> 
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> 
> Hi, i want to thank you for your advance technique its really nice. I appreciate
> it. Do you know how i could parse each record singularly?, because each record
> is placed after each other in a Text File
> 
> Pastebin has 4 Records of 'AMMO' each different from the next
> Example: http://pastebin.com/SGmppN33
> 
>