ComputerCraft Lua 1-8 » Fundamentals » User Input & String Manipulation

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Thank you so much for your patience as I wasn't able to upload the last two weeks. You can read all the details in my channel discussions page about what happened. This lesson goes over how to take user input using the 'read()' function, convert variables to numbers or strings using the 'tonumber()' or 'tostring()' functions, print certain characters to strings that you wouldn't otherwise be able to, create long strings, and how to use https://pastebin.com/ with ComputerCraft.

Relevant Resources
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Lua Documentation: https://www.lua.org/​
CC:Tweaked Wiki: https://tweaked.cc/
Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/

Additional Resources
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Official Minecraft Wiki: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minec...
Official Minecraft Forums: https://www.minecraftforum.net/​
Latest ComputerCraft Download: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/...
CCEmuX Download: https://emux.cc/
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Credits and Links
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Music:
Big Giant Circles - Gront is a Muppet (Souleye's Soft Green Muppet Remix)
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Big Giant Circles - Snowcones (Stemage & Zantilla Remix)
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Music License: https://biggiantcircles.tumblr.com/po...
Scripted, Recorded and edited by RaiuPlays

00:00 - Intro
00:25​ - 'read()'
01:06​ - 'tonumber()'
01:43​ - 'tostring()'
02:29 - Special Characters
04:19 - Long Strings
05:00 - Pastebin
06:41 - Outro