how to save dictionary into a file

Question

how to save this dictionary:

var save_vars = {
    "highscore":highscore,
    "games_played":games_played
}

into a file?

I couldn't figure it out from docs or other posts...

Answer 1

Something like this should work:

onready var persistFile = "user://savedata.txt"
onready var saveHandle = File.new()

func saveUserData(dict):
    saveHandle.open(persistFile, File.WRITE)
    saveHandle.store_line(to_json(dict))
    saveHandle.close()

Then, call saveUserData() like:

saveUserData(save_vars)

Note, the above is extracted from a working persistence script, so you may need to season it to taste.

Comments

and how do i convert the json to dict? asking because i need to load it

edit: nvm i got it thanks for helping :)

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I see you got it, but in case it's helpful, to load, use something like this:

saveHandle.open(persistFile, File.READ)
saveDict = parse_json(saveHandle.get_line())
saveHandle.close()