I'm running into a very small but annoying issue:

I have a list where the second item can be anything. Unpacking this proves to be difficult, because [unpack] needs a data type.

Context: the list is received from [patcherargs], and I want to keep the data types intact. If the second item in the list would be converted to a symbol, that would be fine.

So how do I unpack a list where the 2nd element can be of any type?

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Ok, nevermind, I've found the solution (one last desparate search on the forum):

With [zl nth 1] and [zl nth 2] the list can be split without having to enter an argument.

you can use the the two outlets of a single [zl slice 1] as well (so you got only 1 object)

You can also use [zl slice] which makes things easier in some circumstaces.

Unpack list with 2nd element of any type