rednet.open is not working

Hi does anyone know how i can fix this error:

Type in just 'rednet' and see what it says. I would expect it would look something like:

lua> rednet
nil
lua>

If it does say nil, the rednet API isn't loading or isn't present.

Actually, it should say something like:

lua> rednet
table: <some numbers>
lua>

But I think that it will say:

lua> rednet
function: <some numbers>
lua>

because the error says "attempt to index ? (a function value)". Maybe you defined a function called rednet in some program or in the lua prompt. Reboot the computer and it should work, then try to find where rednet was overwriten.

Ive had that error before all I did was change it from rednet.open("left") to rednet.open"left" and it worked

MysticT, on 03 August 2012 - 09:11 PM said:

Actually, it should say something like:

lua> rednet
table: <some numbers>
lua>

But I think that it will say:

lua> rednet
function: <some numbers>
lua>

because the error says "attempt to index ? (a function value)". Maybe you defined a function called rednet in some program or in the lua prompt. Reboot the computer and it should work, then try to find where rednet was overwriten.

Whoops. That's what I get for trying to answer questions on here from my phone. Don't know how I got nil and function switched around, but I did say that that's what I would expect, not what it should be. :P/>/>