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Videogamer555

I want to type a command that will run a Lua script file. Any Ideas?

jacksonmj

dofile('filename.lua')

This is described at the beginning of the Lua wiki page.
https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Lua.html#How_to_run_a_script

Videogamer555

Thanks. But now how do I write a "for" loop in the script. I tried


for n = 1,10,1
do something here
end

but it says returns an error saying I need "do" near "for", yet I've seen other people's scripts and they don't have a the word "do" anywhere in their script files. Please help.

Using wikipedia's info I tried


for y = 0,239 do
	for x = 0,319 do
		do tpt.set_property("type","wood",x,y)
	end
end

but that still doesn't work.
Again, need some help here.
It keeps saying I need to end the for in line 1 at EOF. But theres not SUPPOSED to be an EOF until the 5th line is done, as there are FIVE WHOLE LINES. Please help me some more.

jacksonmj

"do" is required at the end of the first line in the for loop.

for n = 1,10,1 do
--do something here
end

Too many "do"s, don't need one before tpt.set_property:

for y = 0,239 do
	for x = 0,319 do
		tpt.set_property("type","wood",x,y)
	end
end

How do I run a script from the console?