Functions to save/restore variables in a string

[kenn]

The attached file contains func VarsToString and func StringToVars

and supporting functions.

Execute(VarsToString('a,b,c','s')) saves the names, values and

scopes (local, global) of variables $a, $b and $c in string $s.

Execute(StringToVars('s')) restores all the variables in string $s,

preserving scope if possible.

Supported variable types are Array (any dimensions), Array in Array,

BinaryString, Bool, Float, HWnd, Int, Keyword (default only) and String.

Objects and Structs are NOT supported.

VarsToString.au3

[w0uter]

an struct is an array isnt it ?

[kenn]

an struct is an array isnt it ?

A struct is NOT an array.

Information about the struct is stored in an array, but the struct itself is stored in allocated memory.

[LxP]

Fantastic stuff! I like the way that you accept input variables -- it allows for any amount of data to be saved into one location.

You may wish to consider making the output slightly more 'friendly' for writing to files etc.; I would suggest escaping anything that isn't a letter, number or otherwise 'standard' character (including things like line feeds) because saving states across sessions is probably where your work would be extremely useful.