Writing/Reading a list of strings and lists

[wdegler]

I have a list made of two strings followed by a variable number of lists each composed of a variable number of strings eg.
["a","b",["c","d"],["ef","gh"]...].

Can someone tell me what is the best way of saving this kind of item to a file and later reading it in again?

 

[lagore]

The best way is probably RandomAccessFile have a look at this post http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/15402-save-mulitple-settings-different-profiles.html#post87740

 

[margret]

I am not sure I fully understand your question. If I do, I would save the list with File.WriteList. I would then save the variables to a map file with: File.WriteMap.

 

[Erel]

RandomAccessFile.WriteObject / ReadObject allow you to easily save complex structures.

 

[wdegler]

Thank you for the help

Thank you for the help...all of you.

This advice should save me from the sticky business of heavy parsing before writing and after reading.