JFuncs

--[[
    pastebin run kqBFGcfV
    pastebin get kqBFGcfV miscFuncs.lua
]]--

function saveVar(name, value)
    local file = fs.open("variables/" .. name, "w")
    file.write(textutils.serialize(value))
    file.close()
end

function loadVar(name)
    if(not fs.exists(name)) then
        return nil
    end

    local file = fs.open("variables/" .. name, "r")
    local data = file.readAll()
    file.close()
    return textutils.unserialize(data)
end

function hasVar(name)
    return fs.exists(name)
end

function dump(o)
   if type(o) == 'table' then
      local s = '{ '
      for k,v in pairs(o) do
         if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"'..k..'"' end
         s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
      end
      return s .. '} '
   else
      return tostring(o)
   end
end

function printDump(o)
   print(dump(o))
end

function tableClone(orig)
    local orig_type = type(orig)
    local copy
    if orig_type == 'table' then
        copy = {}
        for orig_key, orig_value in next, orig, nil do
            copy[tableClone(orig_key)] = tableClone(orig_value)
        end
        setmetatable(copy, tableClone(getmetatable(orig)))
    else -- number, string, boolean, etc
        copy = orig
    end
    return copy
end

function itemsEqual(item1, item2)
    return (item1.name == item2.name and item1.damage == item2.damage and item1.nbtHash == item2.nbtHash)
end