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Reinified #1

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Posted 06 May 2017 - 07:50 PM

EDITED VERSION!

I decided that I would like to add an extra level of security by making sure that the PC does not leave the offices of the place the PC was intended to be used.

I decided that I would do this with a type of proximity detector, using RedNet.

This is the HOST computer's view. The computer would be run by a network admin.

It will produce an error "expected number".
Why is this?!

Here is the code I have:
https://pastebin.com/ZMxDVT62

Help, please!

Edited on 07 May 2017 - 03:40 PM

KingofGamesYami #2

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Posted 06 May 2017 - 08:45 PM

Considering you don't have any loops, I don't see how that 'break' could possibly work.

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Posted 06 May 2017 - 09:09 PM

Also, note that 'decode' is a number and read() returns a string - you'll probably want to tonumber() your read call.

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Posted 07 May 2017 - 06:04 AM

Thanks both of you! I found that the correct way is


tonumber(read("*"))

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Posted 07 May 2017 - 05:41 PM

I edited it to be a different question related to the same topic. Any answers?

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Posted 07 May 2017 - 05:59 PM

Which line does the error occur on?

Anavrins #7

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Posted 08 May 2017 - 12:41 AM

Line 3, you didn't specify an ID for rednet.send

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Posted 08 May 2017 - 01:09 AM

You can also remove the tonumber(id) since rednet returns a number for the id and you aren't capturing the output of tonumber() for use anyway.