Help Newbie Lua User....

[kakashi2407]

I've been practicing and I'm stuck becuz the damn program won't run...I'm a newbie at this and I want to know if I did something obviously wrong....

-- ******* Variables ********
--My First LUA Program
--Author: Kakashi2407

green = Color.new(0,255,0)

upPressed = 'You are pressing the "UP" button'
downPressed = 'You are pressing the "DOWN" button'
leftPressed = 'You are pressing the "LEFT" button'
rightPressed = 'You are pressing the "RIGHT" button'
LPressed = 'You are pressing the "L" button'

-- *****Main Loop******

screen:clear()

pad = Controls.read()

--****Directional Buttons****

if pad:up() then
screen:print(100,100,upPressed,green)
end
if pad:down() then
screen:print(100,100,downPressed,green)
end
if pad:left() then
screen:print(100,100,leftPressed,green)
end
if pad:right() then
screen:print(100,100,rightPressed,green)
end
if pad:l() then
screen:print(100,100,LPressed,green)
end
--*****Button****
if pad:r() then
screen:print(100,100,'You are pressing the "R" button',green)
end
if pad:triangle() then
screen:print(100,100,'You are pressing the "TRIANGLE" button',green)
end
if pad:circle() then
screen:print(100,100,'You are pressing the "CIRCLE" button',green)
en
if pad:cross() then
screen:print(100,100,'You are pressing the "X" button',green)
end
if pad:square() then
screen:print(100,100,'You are pressing the "SQUARE" button',green)
end

--End Loop
screen.waitVblankStart()
screen.flip()
end

[PenHacks]

I'm kinda a newbie at this too, so this may not work but try adding screen:flip() after pad = Controls.read()

[CarthageForever]

Put your main loop above your variables. And could you give the exact error. What is your problem?