stuck in a loop...loop...loop...loop

This keeps looping back to the second print statement.

function tunnelDis()   
local i = 0
    repeat
    io.flush()
    i = i + 1
   
    if i == 1 then
        io.write("Enter a length for the tunnel (10 to 100).")
        dis = io.read()

    elseif i > 1 then
        print("Please enter a number from 10 to 100.")
        dis = io.read()
       
    end
   
    until dis == "10,100"
   
    print("Ok, the tunnel length will be (dis).")
       
end

It will loop forever until you enter "10,100" as the input text. You'd need to tonumber the result of the read call and then compare it with a comparison something like this:

until dis >= 10 and dis <= 100

Lyqyd, on 19 October 2014 - 10:28 PM said:

It will loop forever until you enter "10,100" as the input text. You'd need to tonumber the result of the read call and then compare it with a comparison something like this:

until dis >= 10 and dis <= 100

ok, that gave me an unexpected symbol error on the new line.
I changed it to this and it went away.

until dis > 9 and dis < 101

now I'm getting attempt to compare string with number expected, got string.

Escarchado, on 20 October 2014 - 01:25 AM said:

Lyqyd, on 19 October 2014 - 10:28 PM said:

It will loop forever until you enter "10,100" as the input text. You'd need to tonumber the result of the read call and then compare it with a comparison something like this:

until dis >= 10 and dis <= 100

ok, that gave me an unexpected symbol error on the new line.
I changed it to this and it went away.

until dis > 9 and dis < 101

now I'm getting attempt to compare string with number expected, got string.

io.read() returns a string use dis = tonumber(io.read())
that will convert it from a string to a number when it is entered

It should not have given you a unexpected symbol error if you entered it correctly. The = has to go on the right side of the < or >. If it is on the wrong side you will get the unexpected symbol error.

valithor, on 20 October 2014 - 03:46 AM said:

Escarchado, on 20 October 2014 - 01:25 AM said:

Lyqyd, on 19 October 2014 - 10:28 PM said:

It will loop forever until you enter "10,100" as the input text. You'd need to tonumber the result of the read call and then compare it with a comparison something like this:

until dis >= 10 and dis <= 100

ok, that gave me an unexpected symbol error on the new line.
I changed it to this and it went away.

until dis > 9 and dis < 101

now I'm getting attempt to compare string with number expected, got string.

io.read() returns a string use dis = tonumber(io.read())
that will convert it from a string to a number when it is entered

It should not have given you a unexpected symbol error if you entered it correctly. The = has to go on the right side of the < or >. If it is on the wrong side you will get the unexpected symbol error.

That's fixed it! Thx. I changed the "<= , >=" symbols back and that's good also.