World: r3wp

the % character before a string of text identifies the whole string 
as a file path...

ex:

>> type? %/C/users/alemar/download/test.r 
== file!

i really appreceate thet i just need to get this script running so 
i can grasp the basics

ok please don`t hate me i got this:

>> do %/C/users/alemar/download/test.r

** Access error: cannot open: %/C/users/alemar/download/test.r reason: 
-3
** Where: read either read-decode case load -apply- do

** Near: read source if find system/options/file-types type [data: 
de...

alemar, is your console a black DOS like console?

yes

ok, you are using REBOL 3. I suggest using REBOL 2 for now, as REBOL 
3's console is currently rather hard to use.

rebol3 alpha to be exact

ok

there won't be much difference at your learning level

thanks

at the downloads the only version 2 is REBOL/View 2.7 for Graphical 
Applications

will that do?

yep.

?

the site asks for user and pass for sdk

am  in the right section at all

http://www.rebol.com/download-view.html

darn, the site was broken sometime yesterday... forgot... only the 
guys at rebol.com can fix that.

hmm np i will search GOOGLE for anothe mirror :D

they are also here...

http://www.rebol.com/downloads/v277/

you are a magician

actually... this is the one you want:
http://www.rebol.com/downloads/v277/rebol-view-277-3-1.exe

Carl is notified.

well guys i have to say the community works and i am pleasntly impressed.I 
am checking the libraries now and trying to get the script to work 
since i am getting  ** Access Error: Cannot open /C/users/alemar/download/test.r
** Where: halt-view

** Near: do %/C/users/alemar/download/test.r                     
                                                                 
                   i will figure it out eventually and i can get 
to real programing in this langueage** Access Error: Cannot open 
/C/users/alemar/download/test.r

type:

exists? % /C/users/alemar/download/

hmm ok

you are doing the right thing. the question is if the script is really 
put there and if Windows allows reading there. I suppose you are 
using Win7?

yes i am

ooops... 

exists? %/C/users/alemar/download/

as a vmachine at the moment

Carl has fixed the site problem.

ahaaa i get --false

so i just gotta change the file location

the R2 console can actually act like a shell.


in the latest release (2.7.8) they added posix style shortcuts to 
the various file operations directly... so you can do:

>> cd %/C/users/alemar/download/
>> ls

yeah i got it now it is verry simple i just assosciated the.r extension 
with rebol :D

the advantage of opening the console first and executing do  is that 
any console i/o will remain in the current console...


if you just double click on a simple script, REBOL will open execute 
and close so fast, you might not even see it flash on screen!

aha

one of the advantages of being only 700kb  ;-)

ok but now when i start the file directly i get ** Syntax Error: 
Script is missing a REBOL header
** Near: do/args script system/script/args

my-func: func [] [
	n: to-integer ask "enter a number"
	if  n < 0  [quit/return 1]
	sum: 0
	i: 0
	while [ i <= n ] [ sum: sum + probe (i * i)  i: i + 1]
	print sum
]

ah yes.   scripts *must* start with rebol's header.

rebol [  ]

this is the body of the file

did you add the first line:

REBOL []

?

REBOL[]
my-func: func [] [
	n: to-integer ask "enter a number"
	if  n < 0  [quit/return 1]
	sum: 0
	i: 0
	while [ i <= n ] [ sum: sum + probe (i * i)  i: i + 1]
	print sum
]

like so?

you can see that Rebol is case insensitive  ;-)

yep

yep.  and don't forget to run the function at the end...

I'd also put a trailing ask ""

REBOL[]
my-func: func [] [
	n: to-integer ask "enter a number: "
	if  n < 0  [quit/return 1]
	sum: 0
	i: 0
	while [ i <= n ] [ sum: sum + probe (i * i)  i: i + 1]
	print sum
]

my-func

ask "press enter to quit"