object like [change] for symbols

ctrlzjones's icon

is there any object that passes a string of symbols only when these are different from the ones that went through it before, that filters repetitions?

pdelges's icon
Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Here is a solution with coll:

Gregory Taylor's icon

am I misunderstanding this? zl change doesn't work for you?

ctrlzjones's icon

yes, my funny english. autsch ...

thanks Gregory this is it. i never remember all these zl-thingies. great.

Roman Thilenius's icon

yeah, every symbol can just be treated as list with only one element, so many things work with zl