Computercraft Tutorial - Section 7 - Loops

--This is part of a Computercraft Programming Teaching Program

tSides = {"left","right","bottom","top","front","back"}

for i = 1, #tSides do
  monitor = peripheral.wrap(tSides[i])
  if monitor then
        side = tSides[i]
        break
  end
end
--Prevents program termination
os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw
term.redirect(peripheral.wrap(side))

-- Resets Screen
function reset()
term.setTextColor(colors.white)
term.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end

reset()
print("Section 7 - Loops \n ")
print("These are also useful in more complex programs. They can provide logic to a program.")
print("Remember to always put \"end\" as the last line to close the loop\n ")
print("while a == 1 do - While the variable \"a\" is equal to 1, keep looping /n")
print("for <start>, <end>, <interval> do - this is a more advanced loop.")
print("for a = 1, 10 do - Interval is optional. It sets a local variable to the loop \"a\" as 1 and")
print("stops looping when \"a\" is equal to 10 \n ")
term.restore()