Sleep(Time)

I want my program ask me how long my door should stay open for. I thought i might be able to use a variable but it doesn't work

Please post your code.

Kinda of a noob how do i do that?

How do i do that?

How do i do that?

How do i do that?

How do i do that?

How do i do that?

Im a noob but how do i do that?

How?

Im a noob but how do i do that?

How?

So obviously we'd like to see your code. But I can make a guess at what you might be trying to do.

time = read()
sleep(time)

The issue here is that time is the string for what they typed. The sleep function takes a number. Is this your issue? If so you just need to wrap read in a tonumber call.

time = tonumber(read())
sleep(time)

tonumber will return nil if what they typed isn't a valid number, so check for that.

LUIGI5MASH, on 12 October 2014 - 05:40 AM said:

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That kinda looks like spam o.o

Anyway, this is an example on how you can do ( probably ) what you want

write( "Sleep for how long? " )
local input = tonumer( read() ) -- convert input into a number
sleep( input ) -- sleep for the time inputted

TheOddByte, on 12 October 2014 - 05:21 PM said:

LUIGI5MASH, on 12 October 2014 - 05:40 AM said:

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That kinda looks like spam o.o

That's what happens when New Members post essentially the same thing ten times in a row because they haven't read the Forum Guidelines or the notice that helpfully displays when you post that your posts have to be approved before they become visible and I come by and squish all ten of them into one post before approving it.

Ah. I thought he was quoting a musical number.