Turtle.forward

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Grid Redstone.png  Function turtle.forward
Attempts to move the turtle forward.
Syntax turtle.forward()
Returns boolean whether the turtle succeeded in moving forward
Part of ComputerCraft
API turtle

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Trys to move the turtle forward and outputs whether it worked or not.
Code
if turtle.forward() then
 print ("Turtle moved forward.")
else
 print ("Turtle didn't move forward.")
end
Output Turtle moved forward. or Turtle didn't move forward.



Grid paper.png  Example
Trys to move the turtle forward x number of times. X is spezified by the user and if the turtle can't move forward it will break the block infront of it.
Code
Arg = (...) -- gets the param from the user
if Arg ~= nil then
 Arg = tonumber (Arg) -- make it a number
 a = 1
 while a <= Arg do
  if not turtle.forward() then
   turtle.dig()
   turtle.forward()
  end
 a = a + 1
 end
else
 print ("Missing parameter.")
end
Output Either the trutle moving the specified amount of times. or Missing parameter.