Question about looping?

i have a fairly basic digging program that lookes something like this.

shell.run('clear')
print("how many blocks should i go down?")
local x = io.read()
for i = 1, x do
CheckFuel()
Mine()
Stairs()
end

Yes i have functions setup for Mine() Stairs() CheckFuel() and Torch(). (didnt inclue because i wanted this post to stay short and simple.)

my question is how do i make it so every 5 loops it will send Torch()?

Inside the loop, you could add a check:

if x % 5 == 0 then Torch() end

… where % is the modulus operator, returning the remainder of x divided by 5, in this instance.

Inside the for loop, add if i % 5 == 0 then Torch() end
i%5 == 0 basically means the statement is going to be true when i is a multiple of 5.

Gah, yes, it would need to be "i", not "x".

Thanks! Worked Great :D/>

skillx423, on 25 April 2016 - 11:53 PM said:

i have a fairly basic digging program that lookes something like this.

shell.run('clear')
print("how many blocks should i go down?")
local x = io.read()
for i = 1, x do
CheckFuel()
Mine()
Stairs()
end

Yes i have functions setup for Mine() Stairs() CheckFuel() and Torch(). (didnt inclue because i wanted this post to stay short and simple.)

my question is how do i make it so every 5 loops it will send Torch()?

off topic but if you use shell.run("clear") to clear you could also use term.clear()

and I suggest using this it prevents a error when you would type a word

term.clear()
print("how many blocks should i go down?")
local x = io.read()
if type(x) == "number" then
for i = 1, x do
  CheckFuel()
  Mine()
  Stairs()
end
else
term.setCursorPos(1,2)
print("please use a number")
end