Turtle.drop - Revision history

MisterSanderson: Adding "see also" for the oldly created articles and making the description clearer.

2015-04-21T20:56:32Z

Adding "see also" for the oldly created articles and making the description clearer.

2014-04-16T19:58:02Z

2014-04-16T19:57:31Z

2013-07-18T11:33:47Z

Changing int to number

2013-07-11T04:34:30Z

Minecraft 1.5 changed how furnaces work, so some clarification on changes

2013-05-04T20:31:48Z

Made it clear that arg is optional, added types, italicized args in context

2012-11-28T18:53:53Z

Moved to CAT:LuaCoreFunctions

2012-08-24T12:03:41Z

2012-08-19T05:18:32Z

adding notes on dropDown and dropUp, and use with furnaces

2012-08-10T00:52:56Z

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 |api=turtle
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Drops all items in the selected slot, or if ''count'' is specified, drops that many items.
+|desc=Drops all items off the selected slot, or, if ''count'' is specified, drops that many items. The items are dropped on the ground by default, but if there is an inventory in that block, the items go to that inventory instead. Then the items will be placed in the first available slot of the inventory, starting at the top left, moving right and then down.
-If the space in front of the turtle does not contain an inventory, the items are dropped into that space.
-If the space in front of the turtle contains an inventory, the items are dropped into that inventory.
-The items will be placed in the first available slot, starting at the top left, moving right and then down.
-−
-[[turtle.dropUp]] and [[turtle.dropDown]] are also available, and useful for loading furnaces; dropDown when above the furnace will load the top slot for smelting.
-−
-Before Minecraft 1.5/ComputerCraft 1.51, dropUp would load the bottom (fuel) slot for furnaces, since the hopper-related changes, fuel is loaded into the sides, and the output slot is available on the bottom (using [[Turtle.suck|turtle.suckUp]])
-−
 |examples=
 {{Example
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 }}
 }}
 [[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]

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 |addon=ComputerCraft
 |desc=Drops all items in the selected slot, or if ''count'' is specified, drops that many items.
-If the space in front of the turtle does not contain a chest, the items are dropped into that space.
+If the space in front of the turtle does not contain an inventory, the items are dropped into that space.
-If the space in front of the turtle contains a chest, the items are dropped into that chest.
+If the space in front of the turtle contains an inventory, the items are dropped into that inventory.
 The items will be placed in the first available slot, starting at the top left, moving right and then down.

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 The items will be placed in the first available slot, starting at the top left, moving right and then down.
-turtle.dropUp and turtle.dropDown are also available, and useful for loading furnaces; dropDown when above the furnace will load the top slot for smelting.
+[[turtle.dropUp]] and [[turtle.dropDown]] are also available, and useful for loading furnaces; dropDown when above the furnace will load the top slot for smelting.
 Before Minecraft 1.5/ComputerCraft 1.51, dropUp would load the bottom (fuel) slot for furnaces, since the hopper-related changes, fuel is loaded into the sides, and the output slot is available on the bottom (using [[Turtle.suck|turtle.suckUp]])

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 {{Function
 |name=turtle.drop
-|args=[<nowiki></nowiki>{{type|int}} count]
+|args=[<nowiki></nowiki>{{type|number}} count]
 |returns={{type|boolean}} true if an item was dropped; false otherwise.
 |api=turtle

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 The items will be placed in the first available slot, starting at the top left, moving right and then down.
-turtle.dropUp and turtle.dropDown are also available, and useful for loading furnaces; dropUp when below a furnace will load the items as fuel in the furnace's bottom slot, while dropDown when above the furnace will load the top slot for smelting.
+turtle.dropUp and turtle.dropDown are also available, and useful for loading furnaces; dropDown when above the furnace will load the top slot for smelting.
 |examples=
 {{Example