Difference between revisions of "Peripheral detach (event)"

Latest revision as of 11:18, 25 March 2014

Event peripheral_detach
Fired when a peripheral is disconnected from the computer locally or remotely (over Network Cables).
Returned Object 1	The string of the side/name of the now disconnected peripheral.

Example
Prints the side/name of a peripheral when it's disconnected
Code	while true do local event, side = os.pullEvent("peripheral_detach") print("The peripheral ", side, " has been disconnected") end

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-{{NeedsWork|A demonstration on the use and handling of this event would be beneficial. ''[[User:AfterLifeLochie|AfterLifeLochie]] 16:13, 30 November 2012 (MSK)''}}
 {{Event
 |name=peripheral_detach
-|desc=Fired when a peripheral is disconnected (directly adjacent) from the computer.
+|desc=Fired when a peripheral is disconnected from the computer locally or remotely (over Network Cables).
-|return1=The [[String_(type)|String]] value of the side of the now-disconnected peripheral.
+|return1=The [[String_(type)|string]] of the side/name of the now disconnected peripheral.
 }}
-== Example ==
+{{Example
+|desc=Prints the side/name of a peripheral when it's disconnected
- p = peripheral.wrap("right") --wraps the peripheral on the right side
+|code=
-  event, side =os.pullEvent("peripheral_detach") --wait's until the peripheral is disconnected (e.g. Destroyed)
+  while true do
-  print(event) --print's the event name
+   local event, side = os.pullEvent("peripheral_detach")
- print(side) --print's the side where the Peripheral was
+   print("The peripheral ", side, " has been disconnected")
+  end
+}}