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| − | |desc=Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, returns a list of handles for connected peripherals that match the supplied type (essentially performing as a filtered version of [[peripheral.wrap|peripheral.wrap()]]). | + | |desc=Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, returns a list of handles for connected peripherals that match the supplied type (essentially performing as a filtered version of [[peripheral.wrap|peripheral.wrap()]]). If multiple peripherals are found, they are all returned as separate values, in the same order [[peripheral.getNames]]() returns. A custom function may additionally be passed as a parameter - if it's supplied, each matching peripheral's name and handle will be passed to it during the search, and they'll only be included in the final results if it returns <var>true</var>. |
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| − | A custom function may additionally be passed as a parameter - if it's supplied, each matching peripheral's name and handle will be passed to it during the search, and they'll only be included in the final results if it returns | + | |
|examples= | |examples= | ||
{{Example | {{Example | ||
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{{Example | {{Example | ||
|desc=Finds 2 '''advanced''' monitors and writes 'Hello' on the first and 'World' on the second. | |desc=Finds 2 '''advanced''' monitors and writes 'Hello' on the first and 'World' on the second. | ||
| − | |code= local mon1, mon2 = '''peripheral.find("monitor", function(name, object) return object.isColour() end)''' | + | |code= local mon1, mon2 = '''peripheral.find("monitor", function(name, object) return object.[[term.isColor|isColour]]() end)''' |
if mon1 then | if mon1 then | ||
Latest revision as of 16:18, 1 August 2015
 Function peripheral.find | |
| Introduced by ComputerCraft 1.6, returns a list of handles for connected peripherals that match the supplied type (essentially performing as a filtered version of peripheral.wrap()). If multiple peripherals are found, they are all returned as separate values, in the same order peripheral.getNames() returns. A custom function may additionally be passed as a parameter - if it's supplied, each matching peripheral's name and handle will be passed to it during the search, and they'll only be included in the final results if it returns true. | |
| Syntax | peripheral.find(string type [, function fnFilter( name, object )]) |
| Returns | table handle1, table handle2, ... handles to peripherals of the given type |
| Part of | ComputerCraft |
| API | peripheral |
Examples
 Example | |
| Finds a monitor and writes 'Hello' on it. | |
| Code |
local monitor = peripheral.find("monitor")
if monitor then
monitor.write("Hello")
end
|
| Output | If there is a monitor connected 'Hello' will be written on it. |
| Example | |
| Finds 2 advanced monitors and writes 'Hello' on the first and 'World' on the second. | |
| Code |
local mon1, mon2 = peripheral.find("monitor", function(name, object) return object.isColour() end)
if mon1 then
mon1.setTextColour(colours.blue)
mon1.write("Hello")
end
if mon2 then
mon2.setTextColour(colours.red)
mon2.write("World")
end
|
| Output | If it finds 1 advanced monitor, 'Hello' will be written on it. If it finds 2 advanced monitors, 'Hello' will be written on the first and 'World' on the second. |
