shopGreeting

-- Function to check for players within 20 blocks
function checkForPlayers()
    local players = peripheral.call("top", "getPlayersInRange", 20)
    return players
end

-- Function to send a greeting message
function greetPlayer(player)
    local message = "Welcome to the x-BOX store, " .. player .. "!"
    print("Sending message:", message)
    box = peripheral. Find("chatBox")
    box.sendMessage(message)
end

-- Main loop to constantly check for players
local greetedPlayers = {}
local greetCooldown = 60 -- Cooldown time in seconds

while true do
    local players = checkForPlayers()
    local currentTime = os.time()
    local playerSet = {}

    if players then
        for _, player in ipairs(players) do
            playerSet[player] = true
            if not greetedPlayers[player] or currentTime - greetedPlayers[player] > greetCooldown then
                greetPlayer(player)
                greetedPlayers[player] = currentTime
            end
        end
    end

    -- Remove players who have left the area from the greetedPlayers list
    for player, lastGreeted in pairs(greetedPlayers) do
        if not playerSet[player] and currentTime - lastGreeted > greetCooldown then
            greetedPlayers[player] = nil
        end
    end

    -- Wait for 5 seconds before checking again
    sleep(5)
end