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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/format.lua')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/format.lua | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/format.lua b/lib/format.lua index 63b8fec..0076fdf 100644 --- a/lib/format.lua +++ b/lib/format.lua @@ -483,3 +483,30 @@ function set_ini_section (file, search_section, section_content) return file, true end + +-- Find the value of an entry allowing for parent section and $variables +-- the file parameter can be a string or structure returned by parse_ini_file +-- beginning and ending quotes are removed +-- returns value or "" if not found +function get_ini_entry (file, section, value) + local opts = file + if not file or not value then + return nil + elseif type(file) == "string" then + opts = parse_ini_file(file) + end + section = section or "" + local result = opts[section][value] + if not result then + section = "" + result = opts[section][value] or "" + end + while string.find(result, "%$[%w_]+") do + local sub = string.match(result, "%$[%w_]+") + result = string.gsub(result, escapemagiccharacters(sub), get_ini_entry(opts, section, sub)) + end + if string.find(result, '^"') and string.find(result, '"$') then + result = string.sub(result, 2, -2) + end + return result +end |