test

local term = require("term")
function printSomething()

  print("what up?")
  os.sleep(1) --to see that the io.read get skipped
  local i = io.read()
end
while(true) do
  term.clear()
  print("enter a number")
  print("1: do something")
  print("2: do somethingelse")
  local select = io.read("*n")
  if select == 1 then printSomething() end
  if select == 2 then printSomething() end
end