Lucie Jones

I am trying to combine the outputs from the date object and would like to reorder the outputs to the following:

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I am trying to combine the outputs from the date object and would like to reorder the outputs to the following:
year month day hour min secs from it's standard month day year....etc.  When I send a bang to the date object with the outputs reordered, heading into the combine object, the resulting combine string does not get the month and day data first time, but does on the second bang.  When I don't reorder the outputs, they all combine correctly.  
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I am trying to combine the outputs from the date object and would like to reorder the outputs to the following:
year month day hour min secs

date-object-outputs

select all in the unlocked patch, use copy compressed

and then paste here. it is easier to deal with it like that.

if you use combine, check what triggers the output.

execution order in max is right to left and down to up.

when you unpack a list the leftmost one gets output last.

so that date outputs time values first, followed by date values.

Screen shot 2021-10-12 at 11.17.41 AM.png

Both versions on the screenshot work the same.

Version on the right version shows that a list can be input into combine,

so no need to unpack if reordering is not needed.

list with changeable arguments can reorder the items.

than one receives a list, and triggering is ok without specifying

select all in the unlocked patch, use copy compressed
and then paste here. it is easier to deal with it like that.
if you use combine, check what triggers the output.
execution order in max is right to left and down to up.
when you unpack a list the leftmost one gets output last.
message time, date is itered,
so that date outputs time values first, followed by date values.

Both versions on the screenshot work the same.
Version on the right version shows that a list can be input into combine,
so no need to unpack if reordering is not needed.
list with changeable arguments can reorder the items.
than one receives a list, and triggering is ok without specifying
the inlet. (default trigger input is 0)



date object outputs