[ComputerCraft] Newbish Help needed

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Okay, so despite the fact that I used to do a bit of coding back in the day, Computercraft is kicking my backside.

I'm trying to write a program that will send pulses through the bundled cable attached in the back to a specific color, then after it has done that, send pulses to a different color. These colors are attached to Filters. They are helping me shift around non-stacking items. 24 of them to be precise.

Spoiler: CODE

-- This subprogram will pulse filter 24 times
-- in sequential order. This will transfer cooling
-- cells properly.
-- Bundled Color Code:
--  Orange = Filter on towers
--  Magenta = Filter on holding chests
for i = 1, 24 do
  rs.setBundledOutput("back", color.orange)
  sleep(0.1)
  rs.setBundledOutput("back", 0)
  sleep(0.5)
end
sleep(1)
for i = 1, 24 do
  rs.setBundledOutput("back", color.magenta)
  sleep(0.1)
  rs.setBundledOutput("back"), 0)
  sleep(0.1)
end

When I try to run the program, however, I end up with this:

Spoiler: IMG

Also, when I checked rom/apis I was shocked to discover that the redstone api is missing, as are several others.

So, I'm betting I made some newbish mistake here. What did I do wrong?

 

[NTaylor]

rs.setBundledOutput("back"), 0)

This string on line 17 you need to remove the bracket after "back", computer craft has a brilliant error system by reading the error you can pick up on what is wrong ergo where it says :17: that means the error is on line 17 and unexpected symbol means there is a symbol out of place, a pretty newbish mistake but tbh we all make them I am pretty bad with computercraft myself and sometimes forget to put do at the end of a for command.

 

[ShneekeyTheLost]

rs.setBundledOutput("back"), 0)

This string on line 17 you need to remove the bracket after "back", computer craft has a brilliant error system by reading the error you can pick up on what is wrong ergo where it says :17: that means the error is on line 17 and unexpected symbol means there is a symbol out of place, a pretty newbish mistake but tbh we all make them I am pretty bad with computercraft myself and sometimes forget to put do at the end of a for command.

*headdesk*

Yep, forgot to desk check my work.

I also typo'd because it should be color*s*.<colorname> rather than color.<colorname>, but now I got it working just fine.

Now to set up my micro-cycle timer and I should be good to go.

In essence, the logic is:

for i=1, <number of micro-cycles per cycle> do
-- number of micro-cycles per cycle is a pre-defined number rather than a variable, although I could make a local variable to input here
   rs.setBundledOutput("back",  colors.white) 
   -- white is the redstone color that turns on the reactor
   Sleep(<micro-cycle duration>)
   -- micro-cycle duration pre-defined, not a variable, although I could always create a local variable to input here
   rs.setBundledOutput("back", 0)
   -- turns off reactor
   transfer
   -- the previous program I just got done debugging, swaps nearly empty cooling cells with fresh ones from the cooling tower
end