selectItem

local component = require("component")
local sides = require("sides")
local robot = require("robot")

--selectItem
function selectItem(name)
  local item
  for slot = 1, 16 do
    print(slot)
    item = component.inventory_controller.getStackInInternalSlot(slot)
    if item ~= nil then
      print(item["name"])
    end
    if item ~= nil and item.name == name then
      print("found item")
      robot.select(slot)
      return true
    end
  end

  print("not found")
  return false -- could not find item
end