Help (Redstone effects)

I want to make my Melee turtles attack when they detect redstone- please help, I need a step by step guide no 'Start writing a program' stuff because I dont know how to do that, Just tell me what I have to type EXACTLY please help, Thanks.

SIDE = "back" -- options: front, back, left, right, top, bottom
while true do
	os.pullEvent("redstone")
	if redstone.getInput(SIDE) then
		print("Die scoundrel")
		turtle.attack()
	end
end

I haven't exactly tested it, but it should work. :D/>/>

comes Up with lua:1: attempt to index ? (a nil value)

You probably put in the side without quotes?

Nope did that too still came up

direction.getInput()? That isn't a command is it?

Doyle3694, on 05 November 2012 - 08:39 AM said:

direction.getInput()? That isn't a command is it?

Nope it isn't, it's:

redstone.getInput("direction")
-- or in this case
redstone.getInput(SIDE)

-- you could even use the short version of the api
rs.getInput("direction")
rs.getInput(SIDE)

My bad, haha, I wrote that in my head, but something else came out of the fingers… I edited my original post.