@tool
extends Node

### the script can't do dynapic arrays, just packed arrays

@export var MainVars: Dictionary = {}
@export var SideVars: Dictionary = {}

## 0 means save to MainVars
## 1 means save to SideVars
func SaveVars(File: String, VarLocation: int):
	var TempDictionary: Dictionary = {}
	
	var file = FileAccess.open("user://" + File + ".txt", FileAccess.WRITE)
	# Know where to get the variables from.
	if VarLocation == 0:
		TempDictionary = MainVars.duplicate(true)
	else:
		TempDictionary = SideVars.duplicate(true)
	# Algorithm to write stuff to file.
	var values = TempDictionary.values()
	for i in TempDictionary:
		file.store_line(str(i))
	file.store_line("")
	for i in values:
		if i is int:
			file.store_line("Int" + str(i))
		elif i is float:
			file.store_line("Float" + str(i))
		else:
			file.store_line(str(i))
	file.store_line("")

func LoadVars(File: String, VarLocation: int):
	var TempDictionary: Dictionary = {}
	
	var file = FileAccess.open("user://" + File + ".txt", FileAccess.READ)
	var line = file.get_line()
	# Saving the keys first
	while line != "":
		TempDictionary[line] = null
		line = file.get_line()
	# temp values for next part
	var TempValues = TempDictionary.keys()
	var TempInt = 0
	# bufferline
	line = file.get_line()
	# Save the values now
	while line != "":
		if line.begins_with("[\""):
			# We know this is an array. Start by cleaning.
			var array: Array
			line = line.replace("[", "")
			line = line.replace("]", "")
			line = line.replace(",", "")
			while line.find("\"") != -1:
				# Grab the string and parse it into actual variables.
				array.append(line.substr(1, line.find("\"", 1) - 1))
				line = line.erase(0, line.find("\"", 1) + 2)
			TempDictionary[TempValues[TempInt]] = array
		elif line.begins_with("Int"):
			# It's an int, do good stuff
			TempDictionary[TempValues[TempInt]] = line.substr(3).to_int()
		elif line.begins_with("Float"):
			# It's a float
			TempDictionary[TempValues[TempInt]] = line.substr(5).to_float()
		else:
			TempDictionary[TempValues[TempInt]] = str(line)
		line = file.get_line()
		TempInt += 1
	
	if VarLocation == 0:
		MainVars = TempDictionary.duplicate(true)
	else:
		SideVars = TempDictionary.duplicate(true)