[SOLVED]Button Press Counter

Hey All,

First off, I want to thank all of you. I've been a long time lurker on these boards and the discussions on these forums have really helped.

I'm having an issue that seems like it should be very simple, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere else. I'm testing a simple code to count button presses and it always seems to be off.

local i = 0
while true do
	os.pullEvent("redstone")
	i = i + 1
	print(i)
end

Not sure if this matters, but the 'physical' layout of wires is a button connected to a red alloy wire that connects to an insulated wire and then a bundled cable which connects to the computer's right side.

Am I overlooking something obvious or does the built in delay in the buttons screw up this possibility? I really need to be able to reliably register each of the user's button presses. I'd rather the user didn't have to wait for the button to pop back out each time.

Thanks for your help,

Domo

This isn't possible due to the button's long holding time when pressed.

And what you have there will count both when the redstone turns on, AND when it turns off.
You need to do rs.getInput() so you can see whether or not it is actually turning on.

Domo, on 12 January 2013 - 04:48 AM said:

local i = 0
while true do
	os.pullEvent("redstone")
	i = i + 1
	print(i)
end

You have to have an IF so it can know when and why it should do stuff.

i = 0
while true do
  os.pullEvent("redstone")
  term.clear()
  term.setCursorPos(1,1)
  if redstone.getInput("right") then
	i = i + 1
	print(i)
  end
end

You pasted in already colored code.

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Right-click and select "Paste as plain text"

zekesonxx, on 12 January 2013 - 05:02 AM said:

You pasted in already colored code.

 doesn't parse BB code, and you screwed youtself up.

Right-click and select "Paste as plain text"

i edited it…. and also *yourself

zekesonxx:

I really hope that's not the case… i feel like this can be done. It seems to be registering multiple presses, but that might just be the on and off of the button as I click it multiple times…

Alekso56:

I wasn't really concerned with resetting the terminal as this is just a test code that I'll use elsewhere later. I modified your code to incorporate the bundled cable and tried it, but this definitely doesn't register the multiple button presses

local i = 0
while true do
  os.pullEvent("redstone")
  if rs.testBundledInput("right", colors.orange) then
	i = i + 1
	print(i)
  end
end

Any other thoughts?

If you used a switch rather than a button, this would neatly solve both problems at once.

Yeah, I just tried that and it works perfectly. I really had wanted to use a button for aesthetic purposes, but I guess that's not a big deal.

Thanks everybody!