Converting a folder of objects into a dictionary

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#1

I’m messing around with datastore and trying to make a script that converts a folder of values into a dictionary of dictionaries.
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Have you figured out any smart ways to do that? Doing this the other way around would be easy, but creating dictionaries isn’t my piece of cake. I tried going through them all manually with for loops but it feels kind of… Clunky, and limits the amount of children to be added.

And how would I store the value of the dogs hair for an example as its already assigned to start a new dictionary? Add it as first object in the dictionary or include it in the key as:

Dog(Value) = {
		Ear = {},
		Hair(value) = {
			Grease = 1000,
			Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 24, 217)
		},
		Teeth = {},
	}

?

Thank you in advance :thinking:

#2

I wasn’t sure on the value types/how many layers of instances you intend to have but here.

local folder = workspace:WaitForChild("Folder") --change workspace
local save = {}

for _, pet in ipairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
	if pet.Value then --check for pet
		save[pet.Name] = {} --create new array for pet
		for i, feature in ipairs(pet:GetChildren()) do
			if feature.Value then --check for feature
				save[pet.Name][feature.Name] = {} --create new array for feature
				for _, trait in ipairs(feature:GetChildren()) do
					if trait.Value then --check for trait
						save[pet.Name][feature.Name][trait.Name] = trait.Value --assign trait value to trait item in array
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end
#3

I have an old utility function for this (and it’s on a thread that you could’ve searched for!):

#4

I’ll try this out in a moment, gracias :thinking:

#5 
local folder = --Path to ur folder
local dictaOfValues = {}

for _, v in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do 
     if v:IsA("ValueBase") then do
          folder[v.Name] = {}
     end
     for _, w in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
          if v:IsA("ValueBase") then do
               folder[v.Name] = w
          end
     end
end
#6

Tried pretty much what you did here before I posted this, but I need it to create a deeper list of dictionaries.This only goes down by two steps, I’d need something to iterate through the whole folder 'till the deepest end. :sad:

#7

Actually I can use this method to suit my needs with a little editing on the folder. Thank you!

#8

You’d just be overriding the empty array with the value stored inside “w”, as opposed to inserting the value stored by “w” into the array.

#9

I see ur correct, but since thesolution was found i didnt give it a second thot, thnx 4 pointing it out :smiley: