-- HELLO -- -- Converted from BASIC to Lua by Recanman local function tab(space) local str = "" for _ = space, 1, -1 do str = str .. " " end return str end -- reused from Bagels.lua function getInput(prompt) io.write(prompt) io.flush() local input = io.read("l") if not input then --- test for EOF print("GOODBYE") os.exit(0) end return input end print(tab(33) .. "HELLO\n") print(tab(15) .. "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY\n") print("\n") print("\n") print("\n") print("HELLO. MY NAME IS CREATIVE COMPUTER.\n") print("\n") print("\n") print("WHAT'S YOUR NAME (FIRST AND LAST)") local ns = getInput("? ") local l = string.len(ns) print("\n") local function main() print("THANK YOU, " .. string.reverse(ns) .. ".\n") print("OOPS! I GUESS I GOT IT BACKWARDS. A SMART") print("COMPUTER LIKE ME SHOULDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT!\n") print("BUT I JUST NOTICED YOUR LETTERS ARE OUT OF ORDER.\n") print("LET'S PUT THEM IN ORDER LIKE THIS: ") local b = {} for i = 1, l, 1 do local letter = string.sub(ns, i, i) b[i] = string.byte(letter) end table.sort(b, function(v1, v2) return v1 < v2 end) local str = "" for _, letter in ipairs(b) do str = str .. string.char(letter) end str = string.reverse(str) print(str) print("\n\n") print("DON'T YOU LIKE THAT BETTER") local ds = getInput("? ") if ds == "YES" then print("I KNEW YOU'D AGREE!!\n") else print("I'M SORRY YOU DON'T LIKE IT THAT WAY.\n") end print("I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING YOU " .. ns .. ".\n") print("HAVE A NICE DAY!\n") end main()