Auto Dict Unpack : little helper script I made you might find useful

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Ever lose your mind trying to unpack massive dictionaries in Max8? #bigdata = bigproblems πŸ“Š 🀯 πŸ“ˆ

Try this useful little js helper tool to automagically script the arguments required to parse dictionaries in MaxMSP / Jitter

  • Checks for types (Float, Int,Symbols)

  • Creates a [dict.unpack] object with an argument for every key in the dictionary

  • Spawns the appropriate UI objects and comment annotations in the parent and in the subpatcher

  1. Save autodictunpack.js from the repo above in your Search Paths

  2. Instantiate [js autodictunpack.js] in any patch you're working on

3. Connect the third outlet of a dictionary in your patch
4. Send it the getkeys message


See how it works in this demo: