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while colrot < 17 do
        coltest = 2^(colrot-1)
        colout = colors.test(tests, coltest)
        file = io.open("debugger", "a")
        file:write("\nrotated to " .. colrot)
        file:close()
        colrot = colrot + 1
        if colout then
          file = io.open("debugger", "a")
          file:write("\ncounting: " .. colrot)
          file:close()
          collist[colrot] = collist[colrot] + 1
            file = io.open("debugger", "a")
            file:write("\ncounted: " .. colrot)
            file:close()
        end
        file = io.open("debugger", "a")
        file:write("\nout of if")
        file:close()
      end