isaac74

Read the documentation - nothing about strings.

Doesn't work. I tried wrapping this in quotes etc, still nothing.

comparing-strings-using-if

Unfortunately, there is no string data structure 

Unfortunately, there is no string data structure per se in Max.

But in your case sel may be an option. Maybe jstrigger is another one.

@Emmanuel using your patch we have a problem if we use a list and just the same error if we use the object "sel"

maybe this gives you a solution for lists ?

before [zl compare] existed, you were also already able to use certain zl combinations for this kind of thing.

when looking for a string solutions (we call "strings" "symbols" in max) always look into zl, because

it treats every symbol as a list of symbols with only one element. for example [zl reg] makes a great

place not only to store "1 2 3 4 5", but also for the message "stop".

when looking for a string solutions (we call "strings" "symbols" in max) always look into zl, because
it treats every symbol as a list of symbols with only one element. for example [zl reg] makes a great
place not only to store "1 2 3 4 5", but also for the message "stop".

comparing strings using if