Variables input by a user

I have been stumped with this problem.
Have made a turtle that builds a circular tower, it all works fine and it is now a function, but I want it to loop a set amount of times, not infinitely. The amount however, I want to be input by a user. So say what the user types is 10 , x = 10
So it would be
for I = 1,x
Function circleLoop()
End

Please help, also, I feel rut has something to do with arguments

input in-program:

local timesLoop = tonumber( read() )

input from command line arguments

local args = { ... }
local timesLoop = tonumber( args[1] )

TheOriginalBIT, on 12 January 2013 - 12:01 AM said:

input in-program:

local timesLoop = tonumber( read() )

input from command line arguments

local args = { ... }
local timesLoop = tonumber( args[1] )

Could you please explain more, if I post the code could you sow me where to put it?

tonumber() converts the input string into a number
read() takes input from the user and won't continue until they press enter

local args = { … } is creating a table of the runtime arguments and storing it in the args variable
args[1] is accessing the first element in the table.

which one would you prefer to use?

TheOriginalBIT, on 12 January 2013 - 12:24 AM said:

tonumber() converts the input string into a number
read() takes input from the user and won't continue until they press enter

local args = { … } is creating a table of the runtime arguments and storing it in the args variable
args[1] is accessing the first element in the table.

which one would you prefer to use?

Tonumber, thank you so much