Sides API
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This "API" provides a global table to allow you to refer to sides / directions by name, as opposed to their numbers. The underlying number values are identical to Minecraft's internal numbering (as well as the `ForgeDirection` Enum). This table serves as a two-directional look-up, so you can resolve names to numbers, but also numbers back to a human readable name. For example, `sides.top` has the value `1`, whereas `sides[1]` has the string value `top`. A couple of aliases for the side names are available, so it's less likely to accidentally pick the wrong one. These are the basic values:

- Bottom (`bottom`), Number: 0
- Top (`top`), Number: 1
- Back (`back`), Number: 2
- Front (`front`), Number: 3
- Right (`right`), Number: 4
- Left (`left`), Number: 5

The following aliases are defined per default:

- Bottom: `down`, `negy`
- Top: `up`, `posy`
- Back: `north`, `negz`
- Front: `south`, `posz`, `forward`
- Right: `west`, `negx`
- Left: `east`, `posx`

Useful for setting or getting redstone outputs or inputs, for example:
```lua
local component = require("component")
local sides = require("sides")
local rs = component.redstone
rs.setOutput(sides.back, rs.getInput(sides.left))
```

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