Multiple updating lines on monitor

Hello. So right now I am just making a silly thing for my factory. The idea is that I have a monitor above my PC which displays the Current % efficiency of the factory and also the Day Average %. I got it to work fine for having just one line, but I dont know how to get both to work and constantly update, because they just override each other. Here is the code:

function newLine()
	local _,cY = m.getCursorPos()
	m.setCursorPos(1,cY + 1)
end

function currentP()
	m.write("Current: " .. math.random(85,98) .. "%")
	sleep(1)
	m.clearLine()
	m.setCursorPos(1,4)
end

function dayP()
	m.write("Day Avg: " .. math.random(94,99) .. "%")
	sleep(1)
	m.clearLine()
	m.setCursorPos(1,5)
end

m = peripheral.wrap("top")
m.clear()
m.setCursorPos(1,1)
m.setTextScale(0.5)
m.write("Efficiency Of")
newLine()
m.write("Factory")
newLine()
newLine()

while true do
	currentP()
	dayP()
end

If you need more explanation, please feel free to ask. Thankyou!

In your currentP() and dayP() functions you are doing things back to front… first you need to choose which line you are writing to ( m.setCursorPos(1, lineNumber) ), then you need to clear that line ( m.clearLine() ), then you need to write the text ( m.write(…) ).

I'd also recommend removing the sleep calls in these 2 functions and just having one sleep call in the while loop, that way they'll both update at the same time.

PS - Indent your code!!! :P/>

blunty666, on 09 April 2017 - 04:31 PM said:

In your currentP() and dayP() functions you are doing things back to front… first you need to choose which line you are writing to ( m.setCursorPos(1, lineNumber) ), then you need to clear that line ( m.clearLine() ), then you need to write the text ( m.write(…) ).

I'd also recommend removing the sleep calls in these 2 functions and just having one sleep call in the while loop, that way they'll both update at the same time.

PS - Indent your code!!! :P/>

Thanks so much! Also, by when you say to indent your code, where should I have indented? Thanks again.

disruptive, on 10 April 2017 - 09:50 AM said:

Thanks so much! Also, by when you say to indent your code, where should I have indented? Thanks again.

I think the "Get help faster" section may help you!
http://www.computerc...king-questions/
Also, if you want more help, take a look at this tutorial: http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/4596-tutorial-indentation/

Larry84 beat me to it! :)/> that code looks much more readable now

Truth be told, although it was hard to tell due to the rich-text formatting (which I've removed), the code was originally indented.