get rf capacity from cells in table nil

I'm trying to wrap TE energy cells using wired modems without typing all 50 or so cells
i thought it might work but it errors. but i know if i print them it shows the right cells and i have no clue whats wrong but its first time using the getNames like this.


temp:11: attempt to call field 'getRFCapacity'(a nil value)

local energyC = 0
local cells = {}

for i, name in pairs(peripheral.getNames()) do
  if peripheral.getType(name) == "thermalexpansion:storage_cell" then
    table.insert(cells, name)
  end
end 

for i,v in ipairs(cells) do
energyC = energyC + v.getRFCapacity()
end

getNames() returns a table of strings containing the names of the peripherals. So your cells table will look something like this:

{
  "thermalexpansion:storage_cell_1",
  "thermalexpansion:storage_cell_2",
  "thermalexpansion:storage_cell_3",
  "thermalexpansion:storage_cell_4",
  "thermalexpansion:storage_cell_5",
}

So to call the getRFCapacity method, you'll need to wrap the peripherals first. Instead of doing

table.insert(cells, name)

you can just do

table.insert(cells, peripheral.wrap(name))

If you have a table of names, you can use peripheral.call:

for i, v in ipairs(cells) do
    energyC = energyC + peripheral.call(v, "getRFCapacity")
end

Lyqyd, on 28 March 2020 - 05:25 PM said:

If you have a table of names, you can use peripheral.call:

for i, v in ipairs(cells) do
	energyC = energyC + peripheral.call(v, "getRFCapacity")
end

is there any advantage to .call ? I haven't used it before as I have always used .wrap