lip.lua

local LIP = {};

--- Returns a table containing all the data from the INI file.
--@param fileName The name of the INI file to parse. [string]
--@return The table containing all data from the INI file. [table]
function LIP.load(fileName)
	local file, error = io.open(fileName, 'r')
	
	if (error ~= nil) then
		return nil
	end
	
	local data = {};
	local section;
	for line in file:lines() do
		local tempSection = line:match('^%[([^%[%]]+)%]$');
		if(tempSection)then
			section = tonumber(tempSection) and tonumber(tempSection) or tempSection;
			data[section] = data[section] or {};
		end
		local param, value = line:match('^([%w|_]+)%s-=%s-(.+)$');
		if(param and value ~= nil)then
			if(tonumber(value))then
				value = tonumber(value);
			elseif(value == 'true')then
				value = true;
			elseif(value == 'false')then
				value = false;
			end
			if(tonumber(param))then
				param = tonumber(param);
			end
			data[section][param] = value;
		end
	end
	file:close();
	return data;
end

return LIP;