reverting back to user input

i am making a program on my computer the first part of the program is print whats your name then the user puts in there name then i want to have it print welcome and then the name they put in.

this is what i have so far i don t no how to have it print what they typed i put ?? where i am confused on what to do
—–
print("hello whats your name")
–they type in there name here there name is printed in the next line
print("welcome –there name i dont no how to put that there plz help thank u")

use the string.format function

name = read()
print(string.format( " The name is %s ", name))

thank u

Use string concatenation, just do "string"..variable
so:

print("Hello, what's your name?")
name = read()
print("Welcome,"..name)

guys i got another quetion can i make it so that there name is saved into the code of a program called names automasticly when they type it

Crowdy199, on 06 September 2012 - 08:30 PM said:

guys i got another quetion can i make it so that there name is saved into the code of a program called names automasticly when they type it

You mean like a save file? so it has a list of peoples names?

yah just like that

<Shameless Self Promotion>
Well, i've just released an API which helps you save data to a file, so you could use that for a quick solution:
Here
</Shameless Self Promotion>

Or you can read up on the fs API on the wiki and write your own functions to sort out the data
There

listen i suck at tekkit can u be more specfic and acutly type the code i need for this exact situation

I'll give you a hand in a little when i'm not busy, but really, it's a much better idea to at least read through the docs on the wiki, or use somebody elses API, it'll help you get better.

while true do
write("What is you're name: ")
name = read()
file = fs.open("filename", "w") open the file filename in write mode
file.writeLine(name)  --Writes the variable name to the file filename
file.close()  --Prevents it messing up
end

I belive that works

it says on line 4 = expected

Crowdy199, on 06 September 2012 - 08:50 PM said:

it says on line 4 = expected

put '–' before the second "open" on line 4, without the quotes