David

Hi. This is my first post and my first Max program. I want to generate a single random note from a selected range. I would appreciate any feedback. Should I have done it differently? Thanks

random-note-from-selected-range

I just made a couple of small changes: swap to maintain message ordering and + 1 before random to make the range inclusive-- otherwise it's a well thought through little patch

I just made a couple of small changes: swap to maintain message ordering and  + 1 before random to make the range inclusive-- otherwise it's a well thought through little patch


Thanks very much. Your advice is exactly what I hoped for. The swap object removes a bug - in my program the program outputs a note outside the required range if no range is selected. Message ordering!

No worries, btw, instead of using [swap] with the [minus] object you could use the [!- ] object by itself (it swaps the numbers internally for you). But i guess swap is a good way of illustrating the importance of message order.

random note from selected range