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Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:43 pm**

From the wiki https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... ork#insert

Returns Types/uint the count of items actually inserted

Having this for LuaInventory (and maybe even LuaPlayer) too would be really great, right now inserting more than 1 at a time is a bit tedious unless i'm missing something?

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local stack = {name=item.name, count=1}
local count = player.get_item_count(item.name)
local desired = requests[item.name] and requests[item.name] + item.count or item.count
local diff = count - desired
  if diff > 0 then
    local trash = player.get_inventory(defines.inventory.player_trash)
    for j=1,diff do
      if trash.can_insert(stack) then
        player.remove_item(stack)
        trash.insert(stack)
      end
    end
  end

could be

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local stack = {name=item.name, count=1}
local count = player.get_item_count(item.name)
local desired = requests[item.name] and requests[item.name] + item.count or item.count
local diff = count - desired
if diff > 0 then
  local trash = player.get_inventory(defines.inventory.player_trash)
  player.remove_item{name=item.name, count = trash.insert{name=item.name, count=diff}}
end

Also, having can_insert return the count of items that could be inserted would be nice

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