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1--[[
2    This library contains functions relating to data structures & stuff
3]]
4
5function apiExists(path) -- Check if an API is real or not
6    if os.loadAPI(path) ~= false then
7        return true
8    end
9    return false
10end
11
12function dictLookup(dict,item) -- Checks to see if item is a key in dict, and return its value
13    for k,v in pairs(dict) do
14        if k == item then
15            return v
16        end
17    end
18    return false
19end
20
21function contains(table,element) -- Check to see if element is in table
22    for _, value in pairs(table) do
23        if value == element then
24          return true
25        end
26    end
27    return false
28end
29
30function saveFile(table,saveFileID)
31    local tableString = textutils.serialize(table)
32    --save tableString to file
33    local tFile = fs.open(saveFileID, "w")
34    tFile.write(tableString)
35    tFile.close()
36end
37
38function loadFile(fileID) -- read table from file
39    local tFile = fs.open(fileID, "r")
40    local fileContents = tFile.readAll()
41    local readTable = textutils.unserialize(fileContents)
42    return readTable
43end