Experimentation

lua/randTestExperiment.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- Assistance from a friend
+
+-- Instantiate all the things
+local run = true
+local cmd, number, randnum
+
+-- Start a loop
+while run == true do
+  -- Get the users initial number
+  io.write("Pick a number: ")
+  number = io.read("*n")
+
+  -- Do some mathemagic
+  -- randnum = math.random(1, number)
+  print("The random number is ", math.random(1, number))
+
+  -- Ask to rerun script
+  io.read()
+  print("Run again (Y/n)?")
+  cmd = io.read("*l")
+
+  -- Exit if the user doesn't want to go again
+  if string.lower(cmd) ~= "y" then
+    run = false
+  end
+end

lua/randTestHelped.lua

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ local cmd, number, randnum
 -- Start a loop
 while run == true do
   -- Get the users initial number
-  print("Pick a number: ")
+  io.write("Pick a number: ")
   number = io.read("*n")
 
   -- Do some mathemagic
   randnum = math.random(1, number)
-  print("The number is ", randnum)
+  print("The random number is ", randnum)
 
   -- Ask to rerun script
   io.read()
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ while run == true do
   if string.lower(cmd) ~= "y" then
     run = false
   end
-end
+end