is an array of dicts possible?
trying to use dict for the first time, trying to get my head around it.
I'd like to be able to construct an array of associations such as this:
[
{
"title": "Morning Playlist (a list of songs)",
"start_time": 480,
"end_time": 560,
"items": [
{
"title": "A song",
"start_time": 28800,
"duration": 180
},
{
"title": "Another song",
"start_time": 29000,
"duration": 99
}
]
}
]
I know that lists are interpreted as arrays by dict, but what if you want dict {blocks} as elements of an array?
anyone know how I'd go about this?
It appears I had some incompatability with the above structure, so here is a modification:
{
"title" : "Morning Playlist (a list of songs)",
"start_time" : 480,
"end_time " : 560,
"items" : [ {
"title" : "A song",
"start_time" : 28800,
"duration" : 180
}
, {
"title" : "Another song",
"start_time" : 29000,
"duration" : 99
}
]
}
I put the above text in a file, saved it with .json extension and it is able to be imported into [dict]. So it appears the dict object can recognize my desired structure. Can anyone show me how to construct such a structure (array of associative structures) from within max, using messages to dict? (ie how to make a list of dicts?)
hi
here in this thread we exposed subdicts to a dict with registering them in a namespace
https://cycling74.com/forums/how-you-build-your-dict-determines-how-you-can-access-it-why/
sorry i dont have Max here to patch it , but most of the stuff is covered inside this thread