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SavedVariables formatting

Hi,

this is my my Saved Variables now:

Lua Code:

CRE_GuildRoster = {
    {
        ["Noxis"] = {
            ["Class"] = "Priest",
            ["Note"] = "Main",
            ["Gilde"] = "Sometimes Prepared",
            ["Level"] = 70,
        },
    }, -- [1]
}

i want it to look like this i added the ["Players"] node

Lua Code:

CRE_GuildRoster = {
    ["Players"] ={
        ["Noxis"] = {
            ["Class"] = "Priest",
            ["Note"] = "Main",
            ["Gilde"] = "Sometimes Prepared",
            ["Level"] = 70,
        },
    },
}

this is my function:

Lua Code:

local t = {}
function CreateGRTable()
    
    wipe(t)
    numTotal = GetNumGuildMembers();
    for i = 1, numTotal do
        name, rank, rankIndex, level, class, zone, note, officernote, online, status, classFileName, achievementPoints, achievementRank, isMobile, isSoREligible, standingID = GetGuildRosterInfo(i)
        tinsert(t, i, {[Split(name, "-")[1]] = {Level = level, Gilde = guildName, Class = class, Note = officernote}})
    end
    CRE_GuildRoster[Players] = t
end

can anyone explain me how to do this?
thanks :)

You could just change

Code:

CRE_GuildRoster = {

    {

Code:

CRE_GuildRoster = {

    ["Players"] = {

in the SavedVariables file (your addon will need to be ready for the change next login):

or for a an already distributed addon:

Lua Code:

local function CopyTable(src, dest)
    for index, value in pairs(src) do
        if (type(value) == "table") then
            dest[index] = {};
            DL_Copy_Table(value, dest[index]);
        else
            dest[index] = value;
        end
    end
end
    
CRE_GuildRoster.Players = {}
CopyTable(CRE_GuildRoster[1], CRE_GuildRoster.Players)
tremove(CRE_GuildRoster, 1)

That should copy all the entries from [1] to ["Players"] even if you have more entries than just ["Noxis"].

It doesn't account for having tables other than [1] with information to be transfered.

While testing, you could do the tremove(CRE_GuildRoster, 1) seperately after you've logged out and verified the information has been copied (make backups of your Saved Variables file first)

ok that worked thanks a lot :)

but is there a way to Serialize the Lua Table as Json?
i tried it with LibParse but its not working anymore :(

Not that I know of.

I imagine people might create an external process for parsing the SavedVariable file to something else rather than doing it in-game. It would all end up in the same place as SavedVariables are the only mechanism in WoW for addons to write to disk.