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require "serialize"

ch = {}

-- Some functions that assign values to ch items
-- In desperation I even added
SetVariable ("ch", "ch = " .. serialize.save_simple (ch))
-- to one that I knew was setting values to ensure that SetVariable was being called

-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
--  Built-in callbacks
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
function OnPluginInstall ()
	assert (loadstring (GetVariable ("ch") or "")) ()
	if ch.HP == nil then
		ColourNote ("red", "", "Initializing ch")
		ch = {
			name = "Unknown",
			race = "Unknown",
			class = "Unknown",
			hasMagic = false,
			isFighting = false,
			align = "Neutral",
			HP = { cur = 0, total = 100, },
			MA = { cur = 0, total = 0, },
			stats = { STR = 1, AGI = 1, INT = 1, HEA = 1, WIS = 1, CHA = 1, }
		}
	else
		ColourNote ("yellow", "", "Loading " .. ch.name)
	end
end
function OnPluginSaveState ()
	SetVariable ("ch", "ch = " .. serialize.save_simple (ch))
end

<muclient>
<plugin
   name="test_variables"
   author="Nick Gammon"
   id="d391d2f095192d2d48f9870e"
   language="Lua"
   purpose="testing initializing variables"
   save_state="y"
   date_written="2012-02-28 18:12:26"
   requires="4.81"
   version="1.0"
   >

</plugin>


<!--  Script  -->


<script>
<![CDATA[
require "serialize"

ch = {}

-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
--  Built-in callbacks
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------
function OnPluginInstall ()
	assert (loadstring (GetVariable ("ch") or "")) ()
	if ch.HP == nil then
		ColourNote ("red", "", "Initializing ch")
		ch = {
			name = "Unknown",
			race = "Unknown",
			class = "Unknown",
			hasMagic = false,
			isFighting = false,
			align = "Neutral",
			HP = { cur = 0, total = 100, },
			MA = { cur = 0, total = 0, },
			stats = { STR = 1, AGI = 1, INT = 1, HEA = 1, WIS = 1, CHA = 1, }
		}
	else
		ColourNote ("yellow", "", "Loading " .. ch.name)
	end
end

function OnPluginSaveState ()
	SetVariable ("ch", "ch = " .. serialize.save_simple (ch))
end

]]>
</script>

</muclient>