i get an error

bios: 206: [string"stairs"]:1: unexpected symbol

I'm trying to put this program

repeat
A = turtle.down()
until A == false

for v=1,10 do –change the 10 to how much steps you want
turtle.up()
turtle.dig()
turtle.forward()
turtle.digUp()
end

i guess that I'm doing something wrong, i copy and paste the program in a .txt file, and then i put in computer craft….programs, turtle, and delete de extension.
Or if someone can upload the file of some stairs, no digging stairs , stairs putting blocks, thank you.

replace the repeat … until block with a while … end block. If you're stuck on how to do it, look in the spoiler.

Spoiler

A = true
while (A ~= false)
    A = turtle.down()
end

im, still getting the error, i put the program like this.

A = true
while (A ~= false)
A = turtle.down()
end

for v=1,10 do
turtle.up()
turtle.dig()
turtle.forward()
turtle.digUp()
end

use

while turtle.down() do end
for v=1,10 do
turtle.up()
turtle.dig()
turtle.forward()
turtle.digUp()
end

The code is fine, both of them, so the problem might be in the file. Check if there's something on the first line of the file (not the first line of code, the start of the file).

i make with text wrangler and seems to be ok now, but now my problem is that the code is for dig, but i wanna make stairs, i try to change dig to place, but now is making some strange structures D;:

Try with this (not tested):

local nSlot = 1 -- the number of the slot with the blocks
local nHeight = 10 -- the amount of blocks to place

while turtle.down() do end

turtle.select(nSlot)
for _= 1, nHeight do
  turtle.up()
  turtle.placeDown()
  turtle.forward()
end

Is working fine, thank you, is there a way that i can say the diameter and height in the game without chang it in the program.

neto333, on 19 May 2012 - 02:31 AM said:

Is working fine, thank you, is there a way that i can say the diameter and height in the game without chang it in the program.

Yep. At the beginning of the program,

tArgs = {...}
if tArgs < 2 then
print("Usage: progname <diameter> <height>")
return
else
diameter = tArgs[1]
height = tArgs[2]
end

That should make it require two arguments when running it (type in: "progname 12 4" or similar), then it will set two variables from those two numbers.

This will let you choose the height and the slot to use (the slot is optional, defaults to 1):

local function printUsage()
  print("Usage: stairs <height> <slot>")
end

local tArgs = { ... }
if #tArgs ~= 2 then
  printUsage()
  return
end

local nHeight = tonumber(tArgs[1])
if not nHeight then
  printUsage()
  return
end
local nSlot = tonumber(tArgs[2]) or 1

while turtle.down() do end

turtle.select(nSlot)
for _= 1, nHeight do
  turtle.up()
  turtle.placeDown()
  turtle.forward()
end

For diameter you would need to change the program depending how you want the stairs to be.

thank you, now I'm testing.
Edit:Is working good :P/>/>

thank you very much to all.

neto333, on 19 May 2012 - 02:40 AM said:

thank you, now I'm testing.
Edit:Is working good :P/>/>

thank you very much to all.

Happy coding!