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PLUGIN_NAME.saveTable()

Type	function
Library	PLUGIN_NAME.*
Return value	Boolean
Keywords	json
See also	PLUGIN_NAME.loadTable()

Overview

This function saves a Lua table to a JSON file

Syntax

PLUGIN_NAME.saveTable( t, filename )
PLUGIN_NAME.saveTable( t, filename, baseDirectory )

t (required)

Table. The Lua table you want to persist to a file.

filename (required)

String. The name of the file that will contain the JSON data.

baseDirectory (optional)

Constant. Constant corresponding to the base directory where the file is located. Default value is system.DocumentsDirectory if the parameter is not provided.

Examples

local PLUGIN_NAME = require 'plugin.PLUGIN_NAME'

local colors = 
{
	{ name = "red",		value = { 1, 0, 0, 1 }, },
	{ name = "green",	value = { 0, 1, 0, 1 }, },
	{ name = "blue",	value = { 0, 0, 1, 1 }, },
	{ name = "cyan",	value = { 0, 1, 1, 1 }, },
	{ name = "magenta",	value = { 1, 0, 1, 1 }, },
	{ name = "yellow",	value = { 1, 1, 0, 1 }, },
}

PLUGIN_NAME.saveTable( colors, "colors.json" )