Item counting problems

Hi, I am trying to make a turtle program that will pull items from one chest count it and put it into another chest.
And of course I am having no luck at all; or I wouldn't be here. ;)/>

here is the code.

i = 0
while true do
turtle.suck()
turtle.getItemCount() = b
i = i + b
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
print("You have ")
print("..i..")
print(" peices.")
end

You were close. You had your assignment in the wrong order, and weren't taking full advantage of the second variable.

local count = 0
local lastSucked = 1
turtle.select(1)

while lastSucked >= 0 do
  turtle.suck()
  lastSucked = turtle.getItemCount(1)
  count = count + lastSucked
  turtle.dropDown()
end

term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1, 1)
print("You have "..count.." pieces.")

Thank you, I will put this code in and see how it works. :)/>