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==List2CSV and CSV2List==
==List2CSV and CSV2List==
Includes escaping all characters, including comma and spaces, so the list that comes out should be just like the list that's sent in.
Includes escaping all characters, including commas and spaces, so the list that comes out should be just like the list that is sent in.  Feedback is greatly appericated.


<lsl>
<lsl>
//Thanks to:
//Thanks to:
//    http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llCSV2List
//    http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llCSV2List (viewed Nov 12, 2008)
//    https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Library_Combined_Library
//    https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Library_Combined_Library (viewed Nov 12, 2008)


string strReplace(string str, string search, string replace) {
string strReplace(string str, string search, string replace) {

Revision as of 19:19, 12 November 2008

List2CSV and CSV2List

Includes escaping all characters, including commas and spaces, so the list that comes out should be just like the list that is sent in. Feedback is greatly appericated.

<lsl> //Thanks to: // http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llCSV2List (viewed Nov 12, 2008) // https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Library_Combined_Library (viewed Nov 12, 2008)

string strReplace(string str, string search, string replace) {

   return llDumpList2String(llParseStringKeepNulls((str = "") + str, [search], []), replace);

}

string escapeString(string s) {

   //I'm using forward slashes because backslashes are special chars in LSL
   //    so reading this would be a pain.
   //escape / to /b
   //escape , to /c
   //escape < to /l
   //escape > to /r
   //escape space to /s
   string final = s;
   //backslash must be first when escaping
   final = strReplace(final, "/", "/b");
   
   final = strReplace(final, ",", "/c");
   final = strReplace(final, "<", "/l");
   final = strReplace(final, ">", "/r");
   final = strReplace(final, " ", "/s");
   return final;    

}

string unescapeString(string s) {

   string final = s;
   final = strReplace(final, "/c", ",");
   final = strReplace(final, "/l", "<");
   final = strReplace(final, "/r", ">");
   final = strReplace(final, "/s", " ");
   //backslash must be last when unescaping
   final = strReplace(final, "/b", "/");
   return final;

}


string List2TypeCSV(list input) { // converts a list to a CSV string with type information prepended to each item

   integer     i;
   list        output;
   integer     len;
   len=llGetListLength(input); //this can shave seconds off long lists
   for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
       output += [llGetListEntryType(input, i)] + escapeString((string)llList2List(input, i, i));
   }
   
   return llList2CSV(output);

}

list TypeCSV2List(string inputstring) { // converts a CSV string created with List2TypeCSV back to a list with the correct type information

   integer     i;
   list        input;
   list        output;
   integer     len;
   
   input = llCSV2List(inputstring);
   len=llGetListLength(input);
   for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
       string value = unescapeString(llList2String(input, i + 1));
       if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_INTEGER) output += (integer)value;
       else if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_FLOAT) output += (float)value;
       else if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_STRING) output += value;
       else if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_KEY) output += (key)value;
       else if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_VECTOR) output += (vector)value;
       else if (llList2Integer(input, i) == TYPE_ROTATION) output += (rotation)value;
   }
   
   return output;

}

testWithValue(string evilString) {

       list    l;
       string  s;
       
               l = [ 1, 2, evilString, 5 ];
       
       s = List2TypeCSV(l);
       
       l = TypeCSV2List(s);
       
       if (llGetListEntryType(l, 0) != TYPE_INTEGER) llOwnerSay("Bad! 0");
       if (llGetListEntryType(l, 1) != TYPE_INTEGER) llOwnerSay("Bad! 1");
       if (llGetListEntryType(l, 2) != TYPE_STRING) llOwnerSay("Bad! 2");
       if (llGetListEntryType(l, 3) != TYPE_INTEGER) llOwnerSay("Bad! 3");
       
       if (llList2Integer(l, 0) != 1) llOwnerSay("Bad! 0b");
       if (llList2Integer(l, 1) != 2) llOwnerSay("Bad! 1b");
       if (llList2String(l, 2) != evilString) llOwnerSay("Bad! 2b");
       if (llList2Integer(l, 3) != 5) llOwnerSay("Bad! 3b");

}

default {

   state_entry() {
       
       testWithValue("3,4");
       testWithValue("3<4");
       testWithValue("3>4");
       testWithValue("3/4");
       llOwnerSay("Done!");
   }

} </lsl>