Moving Sign with writing (Help)

I am trying to make a moving sign with 2 monitors connected via wire is there a way I can get this to display on both monitors and have it move using the wired modem and cables? here is my code so far. The sign does not move though… I have been scratching my head all day trying to get it to move

local pos = 18
local monitors = {
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_0" ),
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_1" ),
}
local function clear()
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
	mon.clear()
  end
end
local function write( ... )
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
mon.setBackgroundColor(32768)
mon.setTextColor(colors.white)
mon.setTextScale(5)
  end
end
while true do
if pos==-22 then
  pos = 10
end

local function clear()
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
	mon.clear()
  end
end
local function write( ... )
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
mon.setCursorPos(pos,1)
mon.write("Outraged DataCenters .INC")
pos = pos-1
  end
end

os.sleep(0.15)
end

I'm going to go through your code and clean it up a bit, adding comments where I do so. Note: I didn't actually test this code. It's just a cleaned-up version of what I think you were trying to accomplish.

Spoiler

local pos = 18
local monitors = {
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_0" ),
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_1" ),
}
local function clear()
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
        mon.clear()
  end
end
--# I've renamed this function so it doesn't share a name with the built-in write() function.
local function monWrite( text ) --# you don't need endless parameters, just one, so I'll name it here.
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
    --# fix indentation issues
    mon.setBackgroundColor(32768)
    mon.setTextColor(colors.white)
    mon.setTextScale(5)
    --# this bit was taken from the function redefining that was previously inside the loop
    mon.setCursorPos(pos,1)
    --# add a  line to actually accomplish the writing to the monitor bit
    mon.write( text )
  end
end
--# everything inside this loop needed indented 1 level
while true do
  if pos==-22 then
    pos = 10
  end
  --# I rather doubt you wanted to re-define your clear() function,
  --# you probably wanted to call it instead.
  clear()
  --# Ditto for the (formerly known as write) monWrite function.
  monWrite("Outraged DataCenters .INC")

  pos = pos-1
  os.sleep(0.15)
end

KingofGamesYami, on 02 September 2017 - 10:56 PM said:

I'm going to go through your code and clean it up a bit, adding comments where I do so. Note: I didn't actually test this code. It's just a cleaned-up version of what I think you were trying to accomplish.

Spoiler

local pos = 18
local monitors = {
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_0" ),
  peripheral.wrap( "monitor_1" ),
}
local function clear()
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
		mon.clear()
  end
end
--# I've renamed this function so it doesn't share a name with the built-in write() function.
local function monWrite( text ) --# you don't need endless parameters, just one, so I'll name it here.
  for _,mon in pairs( monitors ) do
	--# fix indentation issues
	mon.setBackgroundColor(32768)
	mon.setTextColor(colors.white)
	mon.setTextScale(5)
	--# this bit was taken from the function redefining that was previously inside the loop
	mon.setCursorPos(pos,1)
	--# add a  line to actually accomplish the writing to the monitor bit
	mon.write( text )
  end
end
--# everything inside this loop needed indented 1 level
while true do
  if pos==-22 then
	pos = 10
  end
  --# I rather doubt you wanted to re-define your clear() function,
  --# you probably wanted to call it instead.
  clear()
  --# Ditto for the (formerly known as write) monWrite function.
  monWrite("Outraged DataCenters .INC")

  pos = pos-1
  os.sleep(0.15)
end

Thanks so much. I have so stumped also is there a way to display a second message after the first one without an issue or? I am just wondering also the code works perfectly fine!

Sure, just add it to the end of the "Outrage (…) .INC" string and update the position comparison to reflect the new length.