Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list? I want to move letters from one list to another, as in:

Adding to first list is easy, but removing from second list has me stumped.

Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list?  I want to move letters from one list to another, as in:

opposite-of-appendprepend

On 21 juil. 08, at 18:09, Jay Bodley wrote:

> Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and 

> delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list? I want to 

> move letters from one list to another, as in:

> Adding to first list is easy, but removing from second list has me 

> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and  
> delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list?  I want to  
> move letters from one list to another, as in:
>
> [a b c d e] [w x y z]
>
> becomes
>
> [a b c d e x] [w y z]
>
> when [x] is selected.
>
> Adding to first list is easy, but removing from second list has me  
> stumped.

is this new to max 5? i'm still running the ancient 4.6

is this new to max 5?  i'm still running the ancient 4.6


Here's an ugly hack to do it in 4.6. Someone probably has a better way.

- I think both of these should work, but all these really complex 

> Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list? I want to move letters from one list to another, as in:

> Adding to first list is easy, but removing from second list has me stumped.

- I think both of these should work, but all these really complex 
replies have got me spooked!

Jay Bodley skrev:
> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to select a certain number/symbol on a list and delete it, sort of how prepend and append add to a list?  I want to move letters from one list to another, as in:
>
> [a b c d e] [w x y z]
>
> becomes
>
> [a b c d e x] [w y z]
>
> when [x] is selected.
>
> Adding to first list is easy, but removing from second list has me stumped.
>
> Jay
>
> .
>
>


Thanks, Jeremy. With a little adjustment to fit my patch this is exactly what I needed.

Thanks, Jeremy.  With a little adjustment to fit my patch this is exactly what I needed.


The problem with those solutions is that they assume a known population and ordering of the lists. 'zl filter' under Max 5, or something like the hack I posted are necessary to deal with unknown list length and content, and can better respond to changing needs (if you need to suddenly filter q instead of x).

Quote: Wetterberg wrote on Mon, 21 July 2008 19:09

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> - I think both of these should work, but all these really complex 

Quote: Wetterberg wrote on Mon, 21 July 2008 19:09
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> message box with:
> $1 $3 $4
>
> or:
>
> unpack w x y z
> into:
> pack w y z
>
> - I think both of these should work, but all these really complex 
> replies have got me spooked!


> The problem with those solutions is that they assume a known population and ordering of the lists. 'zl filter' under Max 5, or something like the hack I posted are necessary to deal with unknown list length and content, and can better respond to changing needs (if you need to suddenly filter q instead of x).

Hey, I'm with you Jeremy, but sometimes you gotta K.I.S.S. - especially 

if you DO know the length and content in advance, like when filtering 

At any rate it's always nice to have both the big and omnipotent 

solutions as well as the cutesie ones, at least in my mind.

Jeremy Bernstein skrev:
> The problem with those solutions is that they assume a known population and ordering of the lists. 'zl filter' under Max 5, or something like the hack I posted are necessary to deal with unknown list length and content, and can better respond to changing needs (if you need to suddenly filter q instead of x).
Hey, I'm with you Jeremy, but sometimes you gotta K.I.S.S. - especially 
if you DO know the length and content in advance, like when filtering 
incoming data from a controller etc.
At any rate it's always nice to have both the big and omnipotent 
solutions as well as the cutesie ones, at least in my mind.

This may not bring this discussion further, but it's amusing reading:

Perhaps telling, "In Defense of Cutesiness" didn't come up with any hits.

In Defense of Omnipotence: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2218842

On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Andreas Wetterberg wrote:

> At any rate it's always nice to have both the big and omnipotent 

> solutions as well as the cutesie ones, at least in my mind.

And if you really want to get carried away, [mxj maxlispj] is the 

Yeah, I'm one of those awful people who laugh at their own jokes (I 

have to -- few others do...). I still get a kick out of the "bush-o- 

matic" demo in the help patch. It's amazing how well the artificial- 

stupidity engine still remains relevant. I just generated this one a 

"I am destroying the military. I believe we should pursue drilling 

in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Mission 

Accomplished!. American families unnerstand a balanced budget? Dick 

Cheney's good friend Justice Scalia thinks we all hate a road map in 

the mideast. The peoples of the Middle East want to defy nukular 

weapons. Corporations want a manned mission to Mars by 2015. 

America is safe again! Dead or alive. Smoke 'em out. 9/11. Bring 

'em on. 9/11. Thank you -- and may God Bless America."

> At any rate it's always nice to have both the big and omnipotent  
> solutions as well as the cutesie ones, at least in my mind.

And if you really want to get carried away, [mxj maxlispj] is the  
List-Processing Object For You.

Yeah, I'm one of those awful people who laugh at their own jokes (I  
have to -- few others do...).  I still get a kick out of the "bush-o- 
matic" demo in the help patch.  It's amazing how well the artificial- 
stupidity engine still remains relevant.  I just generated this one a  
minute ago:

"I am destroying the military.  I believe we should pursue drilling  
in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.   Mission  
Accomplished!.  American families unnerstand a balanced budget?  Dick  
Cheney's good friend Justice Scalia thinks we all hate a road map in  
the mideast.  The peoples of the Middle East want to defy nukular  
weapons.  Corporations want a manned mission to Mars by 2015.   
America is safe again!  Dead or alive.  Smoke 'em out.  9/11.  Bring  
'em on.  9/11.  Thank you -- and may God Bless America."

Quote: Jeremy Bernstein wrote on Mon, 21 July 2008 13:55

> This may not bring this discussion further, but it's amusing reading:

> Perhaps telling, "In Defense of Cutesiness" didn't come up with any hits.

http://thebunnylounge.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252678c18e1d00c2252684e18e1d.html

Don't question the cutesiness of a patch. Someone may sic Pikachu on you.

(sorry this is what happens when I need a break from work)

Quote: Jeremy Bernstein wrote on Mon, 21 July 2008 13:55
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> This may not bring this discussion further, but it's amusing reading:
>
> In Defense of Omnipotence: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2218842
>
> Perhaps telling, "In Defense of Cutesiness" didn't come up with any hits.
>

Try "In Defense of Cuteness". 
One hit: http://thebunnylounge.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252678c18e1d00c2252684e18e1d.html

(sorry this is what happens when I need a break from work)


pfft, My God is so much cuter than Your God.

Jesse Terry from Ableton had a good name suggestion for Sampler, the 

- he wanted to call it "Complicator." I quite liked that name ;)

Jeremy Bernstein skrev:
> This may not bring this discussion further, but it's amusing reading:
>
> In Defense of Omnipotence: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2218842
>
> Perhaps telling, "In Defense of Cutesiness" didn't come up with any hits.
pfft, My God is so much cuter than Your God.

Jesse Terry from Ableton had a good name suggestion for Sampler, the 
"big brother of Simpler"
- he wanted to call it "Complicator." I quite liked that name ;)

opposite of append/prepend