3-D coordinate system

A 3-D coordinate system is used to describe the Minecraft world. Throughout this package we describe a set of coordinates using a Tuple of numbers, for example (3.5, 19, 7) describes a position in the Minecraft World. The 2nd attribute of the tuple describes the y-axis or height. When in game it is convenient to find the player coordinates by opening the debug menu using f3.

Here, are a few commands associated with positions.

1. getPos(): Returns the tuple containg the player's coordinates
2. setPos(x, y, z): Teleport the player to the coordinates (x, y, z)

For example, setPos(getPos() .+ (0, 10, 0)) moves the player up by 10 units.

1. getBlock(pos::Tuple{Real, Real, Real}): Returns the block information
2. setBlock(pos::Tuple{Real, Real, Real}, block::Block): Place block at pos.

More information on blocks and the Block type will be provided in the next section.

Arrays and Tuples

Array and Tuple are the simplest containers. An array is an ordered collection of elements often used to store lists, tables, vectors and matrices. A tuple is also an ordered collection but of immutable elements. Immutable means that once a tuple is created it cannot be altered. Tuples are generally used for small fixed length collections.

Both are 1-indexed meaning that the first element is accessed by a[1] where a is the container. Many if not most programming languages use 0 based indexing but trying to access the 0th element of a container will result in an error in Julia.

Refer to the Introducing Julia wikibook's Arrays and Tuples page here for more information.