From 128798cf221a1ae2f2675dce4ed46c248576e46c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Buduf <baldaufmarci@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:47:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] colony monitor

---
 monitor.lua    |  5 ++---
 printTable.lua | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/monitor.lua b/monitor.lua
index b24f122..86e34f9 100644
--- a/monitor.lua
+++ b/monitor.lua
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ for key, monitor in pairs(monitors) do
     monitor.setTextScale(0.5)
     monitor.clear()
     monitor.setCursorPos(1, 1)
-    --monitor.write("Hello World!")
 end
 local wo = colony.getWorkOrders()
-local pr = textutils.serialise(wo)
-printTable(wo, 0)
+local s = printTable(wo)
+monitors[1].write(s)
diff --git a/printTable.lua b/printTable.lua
index 57a587e..bd461dc 100644
--- a/printTable.lua
+++ b/printTable.lua
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-local function _printTable(table, s, tabs)
+local result = ""
+
+local function _printTable(table, tabs)
     for key, value in pairs(table) do
         if type(value) == "table" then
-            _printTable(value, "", tabs + 1)
+            _printTable(value, tabs + 1)
         else
-            print(string.rep('    ', tabs), key, value)
+            result = result .. "\n" .. string.rep("    ", tabs) .. key .. ": " .. value
         end
     end
-    return s
 end
 
 function printTable(table)
-    return _printTable(table, "", 0)
+    _printTable(table, 0)
+    return result
 end