CompileStep1.lua

local term = require("term")
local code = {}
local fileName = ""
local extension = ""
local cntr = 1
local inputFile = {}
local outputFile = ""
local serial = require("serialization")
local fs = require("filesystem")

term.clear()
term.write("Filename?")
term.setCursor(1,2)
fileName = io.read()
term.setCursor(1,3)
term.write("Extension?")
term.setCursor(1,4)
extension = io.read()
local inputFileName = fileName .. extension
outputFile = fileName .. ".serial"
file = io.open(inputFileName, "r")
local size = fs.size(inputFileName)
inputFile = file:read(size)
term.setCursor(1,5)
term.write("Converting file")
term.setCursor(1,6)
term.write(inputFile)
local token = ""
repeat
  fileString = term.write(inputFile[cntr])
   cntr = cntr + 1
until (inputFile[cntr] = nil)
-- for token in string.gmatch(inputFile, "[^%s]+") do
--  code[cntr] = token
--  cntr = cntr + 1
--  end
-- output = io.open(outputFile, "w")
-- output:write(serial.serialize(code))