Problem with savefile.ImportText()

ID:142429
 
May 30 2008, 10:08 am (Edited on May 30 2008, 11:14 am)
Code:
encrypted_save
    proc/Decrypt()
        var/file_text = file2text("[name]")

        if(decrypt_reference && decrypt_method) file_text = call(decrypt_reference, decrypt_method) (file_text, key)
        else if(decrypt_method) file_text = call(decrypt_method) (file_text, key)

        fdel("[name]")
        savefile = new(name)
        savefile.ImportText(file_text)
        
        world << file_text
        world << savefile.ExportText()

        name = savefile.name

        dir = savefile.dir


Problem description:
I'm currently in the process of rewriting my pif_EncryptedSave library, and I'm nearly complete. Problem is, something seems to be up with savefile.ImportText(). With those bits of output, I get the following:
age = 20
full_name = "John Doe"
height = "5'6\""
weight = "120 lbs"
key = "The Fizz Meister"
ckey = "thefizzmeister"


\nage\ \=\ 20\nfull_name\ \=\ \"John\ Doe\"\nheight\ \=\ \"5\'6\\\"\"\nweight\ \=\ \"120\ lbs\"\nkey\ \=\ \"The\ Fizz\ Meister\"\nckey\ \=\ \"thefizzmeister\"\n


I'm running this off the demo code, and I'm using Air Mapster's (Mike H's) RC5 library for it. I can't figure out why savefile.ImportText() is causing that. As you can see, somehow everything is getting escaped.
May 31 2008, 7:19 am
Well, that's not quite like the example in the reference. Close, though. Even so, I can't think why it would display like that. Maybe try something a little more like this?

[file2text(txtfile)]


Also, why are you naming your savefile "savefile"? Isn't that a reserved word?
May 31 2008, 11:08 am
In response to Xooxer
You don't need a file to use /savefile.ImportText() or /savefile.ExportText() both, as stated in the reference, can use a string if no file is listed, and the arguments aren't required to be in that order (which are only two of several like that). I also changed the name of the variable from savefile to save in the off-chance that that somehow caused the problem, which it didn't.
Jun 2 2008, 3:30 pm
So, does anyone have the vaguest idea on what's going wrong here, or will I have to create my own version of ImportText()
Jun 2 2008, 3:38 pm
Popisfizzy wrote:
Code:
>       savefile.ImportText(file_text)


Instead of savefile.ImportText(file_text), try savefile.ImportText(savefile.cd, file_text). I think that should do it.
Jun 2 2008, 3:42 pm
In response to Kuraudo
Ah, it seems you have to include the directory when using ImportText(), which is weird, seeing as how you don't for ExportText(). Thanks. =)