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Through a javascript code, is there a way I can access the content of a [coll]?

Hi,
Through a javascript code, is there a way I can access the content of a [coll]?

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You need to give your [coll] a name. Then you can use it within JS code using [coll]'s message.

Here is an exemple (only some lines of code from a old project, so it is of course not working) with a table, called "intervalles". In function updateTable(), I empty the table and put new values in it.

    thePatcherTable = this.patcher.getnamed("intervalles");

    thePatcherTable.message ("clear");

        thePatcherTable.message ("list", i, octave1[i] + offsetForTable);

        thePatcherTable.message ("list", i+octave1Size, octave2[i] + offsetForTable);

    outlet (0, octave1Size + octave2Size);

function loadbang ()
{
	thePatcherTable = this.patcher.getnamed("intervalles");
}

function updateTable()
{
	thePatcherTable.message ("clear");
	for (i=0; i
		thePatcherTable.message ("list", i, octave1[i] + offsetForTable);
	for (i=0; i
		thePatcherTable.message ("list", i+octave1Size, octave2[i] + offsetForTable);
	outlet (0, octave1Size + octave2Size);

Ooopps, something happened after I edited my message to correct a typo. I wish there was a preview. Here is the code again.

function loadbang ()
{
	thePatcherTable = this.patcher.getnamed("intervalles");
}
function updateTable()
{
	thePatcherTable.message ("clear");
	for (i=0; i
		thePatcherTable.message ("list", i, octave1[i] + offsetForTable);
	for (i=0; i
		thePatcherTable.message ("list", i+octave1Size, octave2[i] + offsetForTable);
	outlet (0, octave1Size + octave2Size);
}

With maxobj.message() you can't retrieve the already stored contents, only send a message to the object. To do this you'd probably need to script connections from the [coll] outlets to your [js] and then send the [coll] a "dump" message.

Access to [coll] content from javascript code?