conf = {} fp = io.open( "conf.txt", "r" ) for line in fp:lines() do line = line:match( "%s*(.+)" ) if line and line:sub( 1, 1 ) ~= "#" and line:sub( 1, 1 ) ~= ";" then option = line:match( "%S+" ):lower() value = line:match( "%S*%s*(.*)" ) if not value then conf[option] = true else if not value:find( "," ) then conf[option] = value else value = value .. "," conf[option] = {} for entry in value:gmatch( "%s*(.-)," ) do conf[option][#conf[option]+1] = entry end end end end end fp:close() print( "fullname = ", conf["fullname"] ) print( "favouritefruit = ", conf["favouritefruit"] ) if conf["needspeeling"] then print( "needspeeling = true" ) else print( "needspeeling = false" ) end if conf["seedsremoved"] then print( "seedsremoved = true" ) else print( "seedsremoved = false" ) end if conf["otherfamily"] then print "otherfamily:" for _, entry in pairs( conf["otherfamily"] ) do print( "", entry ) end end