App

To install the appstore app, right-click on your turtle to open the GUI, run pastebin get iXRkjNsG appstore. To install hare2, run appstore get ejm554 hare2.

-- https://turtleappstore.com/u/ejm554/a/hare2
-- MODULE/API NAME: hare
-- PURPOSE: Provides useful utility functions.
-- CREDIT: Adapted by EJ Makela, copied from
--		code written by Al Sweigart in his book,
--		'Coding with Minecraft' (p 75);
--		No Starch Press (2018).
-- DATE CREATED: 2019-11-02
-- PERMALINK: https://pastebin.com/cHK0bPT9

function selectItem(name)
-- This function selects the inventory
--		slot with the named item; returns
--		TRUE if found, FALSE if not.

	-- Check all inventory slots.
	local item
	for slot = 1, 16 do
		item = turtle.getItemDetail(slot)
		if item ~= nil and item['name'] == name then
			turtle.select(slot)
			return true
		end
	end
	return false  -- couldn't find item
end


function selectEmptySlot()
-- This function selects the inventory slot that
--		is empty; returns TRUE if found,
--		FALSE if no empty spaces.

	-- Loop through all slots.
	for slot = 1, 16 do
		if turtle.getItemCount(slot) == 0 then
			turtle.select(slot)
			return true
		end
	end
	return false  -- couldn't find empty space
end