Jonathan Hallstrom

I have a 53-button display and I want to make sure all other buttons are turned off every time a new one is pressed. I've figured out how to use the zl.nth object to change the zero and one configuration of a 53-item list each time I press a new button, but can't figure out how to get the individual items out of the list in order to set the individual button states. The "set $n" message only works with lists up to 10 items. How can I pull out individual messages from a longer list and send them to individual buttons? (or is there an easier way to do it?)

I have a 53-button display and I want to make sure all other buttons are turned off every time a new one is pressed. I've figured out how to use the zl.nth object to change the zero and one configuration of a 53-item list each time I press a new button, but can't figure out how to get the individual items out of the list in order to set the individual button states.   The "set $n" message only works with lists up to 10 items.  How can I pull out individual messages from a longer list and send them to individual buttons?  (or is there an easier way to do it?)

I have a 53-button display and I want to make sure all other buttons are turned off every time a new one is pressed. I've figured out how to

getting-individual-numbers-out-of-long-lists

There's also zl mth and zl nth. There's also zl indexmap if you want to figure out a list of specific indexes, like, pulling out only the 1st, 8th, 10th, and 30th.

If your GUI allows it, you may consider a [matrixctrl] instead of individual buttons. This you can set to "one active per matrix" and don't need a reset/set action for a single button. [matrixctrl] has limited layout features, with enough space between the buttons and by deactivating unused buttons you may get what you want.

Getting individual numbers out of long lists