Can someone help me fix the errors?

Lyqyd, on 16 December 2013 - 12:23 PM said:

What are the errors, specifically? What have you done to try to fix them?

input = time --// Because time is never set to anything your are just setting input to nil

...

sleep(time) --// Sleep requires a number and time is not a number, it is nil

print("Goodbye!")
os.shutdown()
end --// This end shouldn't be here
end --// This end shouldn't be here too
else
print ("Password: Bad, locking for 15 sec.")

--// They should be here:
print ("Password: Bad, locking for 15 sec.")
sleep(15)
os.reboot()
end --// Here
end --// And here

local function clear ()
term.clear()
end

for i = 1, 10 do
print(i)
end

x = 20

while x > 10 do
if x > 15 then
x = x - 1.5
else
x = x - 1
end
end

local function clear ()
  term.clear()
end

for i = 1, 10 do
  print(i)
end

x = 20

while x > 10 do
  if x > 15 then
      x = x - 1.5
  else
      x = x - 1
  end
end

MKlegoman357, on 16 December 2013 - 01:14 PM said:

First problem is that you never declare time variable:

input = time --// Because time is never set to anything your are just setting input to nil

...

sleep(time) --// Sleep requires a number and time is not a number, it is nil

Also, you placed too much end's in a wrong place:

print("Goodbye!")
os.shutdown()
end --// This end shouldn't be here
end --// This end shouldn't be here too
else
print ("Password: Bad, locking for 15 sec.")

--// They should be here:
print ("Password: Bad, locking for 15 sec.")
sleep(15)
os.reboot()
end --// Here
end --// And here

To see if you putted your ends correctly you should indent your code:

Not indented code

local function clear ()
term.clear()
end

for i = 1, 10 do
print(i)
end

x = 20

while x > 10 do
if x > 15 then
x = x - 1.5
else
x = x - 1
end
end

Indented code

local function clear ()
  term.clear()
end

for i = 1, 10 do
  print(i)
end

x = 20

while x > 10 do
  if x > 15 then
	  x = x - 1.5
  else
	  x = x - 1
  end
end

As you can see, when we indent the code it is easier to see all the ends and where all blocks start and end.

input = read("*")

print("How much time?")
input = read() --// Ask a user to enter something
input = tonumber(input) --// Convert what they entered into a number
sleep(1)

--// But what if user didn't enter a number? Then your code would fail at this line:

sleep(time) --// Which actually should be this:
sleep(input) --// Because 'input' variable is the one that says how much to wait

--// It would error because tonumber wouldn't return anything, thus setting the variable 'input' to nil
--// So, if user didn't entered a number we can make 'sleep' use a default value, let's say 3

if not tonumber(input) then --// If user didn't enter a number
  input = 3 --// Use a default value, that is 3
else --// If user did enter a number
  input = tonumber(input) --// Use that number that user has entered
end

MKlegoman357, on 17 December 2013 - 01:28 PM said:

Remember when you used read function to get the password from the user:

input = read("*")

Just use the same function to get time from the user. But remember - function read returns a string (a sequence of characters). sleep function needs a number. To convert a string that you get from function read you can use a function called tonumber. It is a function that will try to convert a string into a number. So your code should look like this:

print("How much time?")
input = read() --// Ask a user to enter something
input = tonumber(input) --// Convert what they entered into a number
sleep(1)

--// But what if user didn't enter a number? Then your code would fail at this line:

sleep(time) --// Which actually should be this:
sleep(input) --// Because 'input' variable is the one that says how much to wait

--// It would error because tonumber wouldn't return anything, thus setting the variable 'input' to nil
--// So, if user didn't entered a number we can make 'sleep' use a default value, let's say 3

if not tonumber(input) then --// If user didn't enter a number
  input = 3 --// Use a default value, that is 3
else --// If user did enter a number
  input = tonumber(input) --// Use that number that user has entered
end