Howto:Serializing Nasal data structures: Difference between revisions

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# serialization: convert a Nasal data structure to a string using valid Nasal syntax
# serialization: convert a Nasal data structure to a string using valid Nasal syntax
# deserialization: compile that string to a temporary Nasal function, call it to retrieve the original data structure
# deserialization: compile that string to a temporary Nasal function, call it to retrieve the original data structure
<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
var myVector = [1,2,3,4,5];
var serialized = serialize(myVector); # [1,2,3,4,5]
unserialize(serialized);
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== Background ==
== Background ==