[NTG-context] Re: Lua question - table.save, table.load

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 1/11/2025 4:01 PM, Jeong Dal via ntg-context wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I save a table “tfList” using table.save in Lua:
> 
> \startluacode
> ...
> table.save(“tempList.lua”,tfList)
> ...
> \stopluacode
> 
> And I call it in MetaFun using a method explained in the MetaFun book.
> 
> \startMPcode
> lua("MP = { } MP.data = table.load('tempList.lua')") ;
> …
> \stopMPcode
> 
> However, I found that whenever I save “tfList”, table contents are 
> appended to the file “tempList.lua” at the end which cause a trouble.
> I want the tempList.lua contains the new table only.
> I search the method to do that, but I can’t find it.
> The only way is to change the file name each time which is not good to 
> make a macro.
> 
> Is there a way to clear the contents in the tempList.lua before I save 
> another table?

so you add to that list?

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