Works as a single script but not as a function ?

while turtle.forward() ~= true do
			 if turtle.detect() ~= true
					 if turtle.dig() ~= true then

							  print("bedrock in the way")

					 end

			 end

			if turtle.attack == true then

						   print("player or monster in the way")

		 end
end

local function forward()


		   while turtle.forward() ~= true do
							 if turtle.detect() == true then  
										  if turtle.dig() ~= true then

												  print("bedrock in the way")

										   end

							  end

							  if turtle.attack == true then

												  print("player or monster in the way")

							   end
			   end

end

----- ending local forward

local function refuel()

				 r = turtle.getFuelLevel()

								  if r < 60 then

											 turtle.select(1)
											 turtle.refuel(2)

								   end
end

----- ending local refuel

local function melonturtle()

		 refuel()

			   for i = 1,14,1 do

						forward()
						sleep(1)
						turtle.turnLeft()
						turtle.dig()


								 for i = 1,2,1 do

								 turtle.turnRight()

								  end

						turtle.dig()
						turtle.turnLeft()

			  end  

			 for i = 1,2,1 do

					   turtle.turnRight()

			  end

			  for i = 1,14,1 do

						   forward()

			   end

			   for i = 1,2,1 do

						 turtle.turnLeft()

				end
end


----- ending local melonturtle

rednet.open("right")

while true do

				term.clear()
				 term.setCursorPos(1,1)

				print("Waiting for commands from advanced pc!")

				 x,y = rednet.receive()

				 if x == 278 and y == "go" then

							melonturtle()


				  end		  
  end

local function forward()
  local moved = true
  while not turtle.forward() and moved do --#not inverts boolean variables, and you do not have to compare boolean in statements.  "and moved" makes sure this will terminate if bedrock is in the way.
    moved = false --#turtle has failed to move forward, set moved to false.
    while turtle.attack() or turtle.dig() do --#attacks & digs until nothing is in the way.  If bedrock is in the way, it will stop attacking and digging.
	 moved = true --#if loop hits something, it will change moved to true.
    end
  end
  return moved
end

while turtle.forward() ~= true do

while not turtle.forward() do

== true

ValorCat, on 04 August 2014 - 12:46 AM said:

Also, you might want to add a sleep(1)

While not turtle.forward() do			   [color=#ff0000] <----- aslong as turtle.forward is not true do						  when it's true end[/color]

  turtle.dig() or turtle.attack()		   [color=#ff0000]	<----- turtle.dig() or turtle.attack() command[/color]


end

local function forward()
  local moved = true --#local variable declaration
  while not turtle.forward() and moved do
    moved = false  --#turtle has *not* moved, thus this should be false
    while turtle.attack() or turtle.dig() do
         moved = true  --#if blockage is cleared, it changes to true to allow another attempt
    end
    --#if the turtle did not attack or dig anything, it will not continue to attempt to move forward
  end
  return moved --#return "returns" a value.
end
--#example of how to use this function
if not forward() then --#it will return true unless it hits something unbreakable :)/>
  error( "Bedrock detected" )
end

function forward()
  local moved = true
  while moved and not turlte.forward() do
    moved = turtle.dig() or turtle.attack() --#if either hits, moved will be true
  end
  return moved
end

• 1. it will be checked if the condition is true
• 2. if condition is true than execute the chunck
• 2.1 on "end" it will be checked if the condition is true or not << thats where the knot in my brain failed. I figured while would run the script and do the checkup on that if he would run it again. Instead it checks at the end mark if it's still true or not that why you added the extra move variable.
• 2.2 if the condition is still true the chunck will be executed again (back to 2.)
• 2.3 if the condition is not true (false) than stop the loop

Rawrzor, on 04 August 2014 - 04:58 PM said:

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local loop = true
while loop do
    print( "foo" )
    sleep( 1 )
    loop = false
end -- it checks if loop is still equal to true here, if it isn't then it exits the loop and moves on the next piece of code

print( "bar" )