[turtle program help] Tower issue

local args = { ... }
local i = 0
while #args .= i do
turtle.place()
turtle.up()
i = i + 1
end

local args = { ... }
local i = 0
args[1] = tonumber(args[1]) -- anything from args will be strings, so we need them to be numbers before doing maths with them
for i = 1,args[1] do
   turtle.place()
   turtle.up()
end

local args = {...}
if #args < 1 then
  print("specify height")
  return
end

for i = 1, tonumber(args[1]) do
  turtle.place()
  turtle.up()
end

for i = 1, tonumber(args[1]) do
  turtle.down()
end

local args = { ... }
local dist = tonumber(args[1])	-- Takes the number, and now as it is a string you need to convert it to a number
for i = 1, dist do
	turtle.up()
	turtle.placeDown()	-- Places down, just using turtle.place() places forwards
end

Doyle3694, on 22 December 2012 - 11:09 AM said:

#args will return how many values there are inside the table args, rather than giving a value, so you are probably getting something unexpected.
.= is actually not an operator. I think what you are looking for is ~= (not equal to)
Also, this is a bad use of while loops, I would recommend a for loop instead.

So abit better syntax would be:

local args = { ... }
local i = 0
args[1] = tonumber(args[1]) -- anything from args will be strings, so we need them to be numbers before doing maths with them
for i = 1,args[1] do
   turtle.place()
   turtle.up()
end

Tell me if you get any problems and we will work them out further.