Computercraft Commands with variables! RESOLVED

[theOTTERthatCOULD]

so I'm trying to create a quarry program for the mining turtle.
my problem is that how could i make a function run a number of times, that would be determined by a variable.
I thought it would go like:
a = 69
function(a)

but it didn't work.
also tried

function(..a..)
function("a")

and

function("..a..").

so is this even possible, or do i have to figure a workaround?
Thank you in advance!

 

[thesonofdarwin]

for i = 1, a do
function()
end

 

[theOTTERthatCOULD]

well, shit. thankyou!