Oh you want to select something? Try the [select] object!

And some gates. Or you could use a switch. Welcome to Max!

Evan, thank you very much for your help and swift response. are the two different toggles basically two different options for workability? also, I don't understand the subtraction object / "!-" does in this patch. Very curious, if you have the time to answer again.

A more solid solution with more utility than the one I came up with...

Thank you again

Thank you for this Rabid an even smaller patch! This patch helps the "coll" object to make more sense. I did not know about the "@active 1" as a means of automatically initiating the "metro" object

Raja, always being succinct. It's good practice to hide all those messy conditional things in a coll or javascript, or something similar.

I only added one toggle from the initial patch you provided, to choose between random and sequential. The !- object simply inverts the toggle value, opening one gate when the other is closed and vice versa.

Evan, I see this clarifies your patch in terms of the !- object and its general use. Interesting to look at the difference between succinct in form and transparent in operation. Thank you again for all of your help. I hope to be able to help someone else as much as you two have helped me.