loops

this is my code

print "how many items"
local i = tonumber(read())
counter = 0
while counter ~= i do
counter = counter + 1
redstone.setOutput("right",true)
sleep(1)
redstone.setOutput("right",false)
end

this program is meant to despent the number of items you specify. but it wont work and i dont know why.

and when i run this program the redstone stays on and the loop dosent end like its sopose too

perhaps try this…

print "how many items"
local i = read()
i = tonumber(i)
counter = 0
while counter ~= i do
counter = counter + 1
rs.setOutput("right",true)
sleep(1)
rs.setOutput("right",false)
end

You need to sleep after turning off the output as well, otherwise it gets immediately turned on again in the next iteration.

while counter ~= i do
counter = counter + 1
redstone.setOutput("right",true)
sleep(1)
redstone.setOutput("right",false)
sleep(1)
end

Calculator, on 22 June 2012 - 11:32 PM said:

You need to sleep after turning off the output as well, otherwise it gets immediately turned on again in the next iteration.

while counter ~= i do
counter = counter + 1
redstone.setOutput("right",true)
sleep(1)
redstone.setOutput("right",false)
sleep(1)
end

hmm, quite disappointed in myself for missing this.

it works thank you

why does everyone do the long way around for a simple loop? sorry I just don't see any advantages in it. why not just

for i=1,tonumber(count) do

end

is there any problems with this method?

KaoS, on 23 June 2012 - 09:46 PM said:

why does everyone do the long way around for a simple loop? sorry I just don't see any advantages in it. why not just

for i=1,tonumber(count) do

end

is there any problems with this method?

No, it's just that some people understands better that way. The for loop is pretty easy, but can be confusing when learning.