[LUA] BIOS:206 error

Sorry for n00b question. Spent all day reading the forum and watching youtube trying to understand how LUA works for a complete beginner with absolutely no programming skills what so ever and I'm strugging with it! Been experimenting trying to make a simple menu system using the pullEvent command to load other programs, but getting a bios:206: [string "a"]:15: 'then' expected error when I try to run it. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

while true do
	    event, param1 = os.pullEvent()
	    if event == "char" and param1 == "1" then
			  shell.run("a")
		elseif event == "char" and param1 == "2" then
			  shell.run("b")
	    elseif event == "char" and param1 == "3" then
			  break
	   end
end

the A program is causing the problem

Can you post the "a" program please ? If you want help on it obviously XD

oh well at least that bit of the program works then cheers! I have a feeling that this is going to be a long night..

What is the code in the program labelled "a"? That is the one giving you an error on line 15.
"bios:206: [string "a"]:15: 'then' expected" means that there is a error on bios level, with program "a", on line 15, needing a 'then'

ah thanks, wll have another look at the other program before I give up and ask

Thanks for the pointer, found and fixed 4 errors in the other program and it's now all working, much more satisfying trying to solve it myself. Will bank a n00b question for another time!

cunners, on 06 December 2012 - 07:19 AM said:

much more satisfying trying to solve it myself.

That's why we try to let people let them solve problems by themselves because it's more satisfying and it let you learn more than just copying a snippet of code that you don't understand ;)/>