coll - limit 254 items, what else could I use?

BobTheDog's icon

Hi Guys,

I am looking to basically store more that 254 strings as individually addressable items, what could I use instead of coll?

Cheers

Andy

Chris Muir's icon

On Apr 27, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Andrew Capon wrote:
> I am looking to basically store more that 254 strings as
> individually addressable items, what could I use instead of coll?

Coll doesn't have a 254 item limit.

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BobTheDog's icon

Hi Chris,

Oh thats good, the help for coll states that it can store 254 items, I tried to cut an paste the bit out but cutting is not supported in the help system.

What is the stuff after ----------begin_max5_patcher---------- about?

Thanks for your help

Andy

lorenzo.pagliei's icon

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He meant items for every line I think

L

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> Coll doesn't have a 254 item limit.
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kjg's icon

Quote: BobTheDog wrote on Sun, 27 April 2008 19:58
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> Hi Chris,
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> Oh thats good, the help for coll states that it can store 254 items,

the help file states that it can store lists of up to 254 items ;)
so this not the number of lists it can store, but the number of maximum items in each stored list.

1, 1 2 3 ... 253 254
2, 1 2 3 ... 253 254
3, 1 2 3 ... 253 254
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4999, 1 2 3 ... 253 254
5000, 1 2 3 ... 253 254

regards,
kjg

BobTheDog's icon

Hi kjg,

Aha makes sense now, i'll use coll then.

Thanks for all the help

Andy

kjg's icon

Quote: BobTheDog wrote on Sun, 27 April 2008 20:33
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> Hi kjg,
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> Aha makes sense now, i'll use coll then.
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> Thanks for all the help
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> Andy
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> What is the stuff after ----------begin_max5_patcher----------
> about?

Chris posted you an example, you can copy the whole thing, and then open it in Max using the "New from clipboard" menu item.