Have a look at [patcherargs].

lh

I looked at arguments for patcher and couldn't see any to help my problem. I am presuming that is what [patcherargs] relates to, apologies if not, I just haven't come across that format.

Thank you.

The [patcherargs] object will report the arguments of the containing patcher, then you can [unpack] or [zl slice] or [zl nths] them and send them where you want. Much more flexible than the #1 style arguments.

lh

Oh I see, square brackets indicate an object, apologies for being slow haha!

I will do some learning, thanks very much!

tsuki

I should have made it clear from the start. I personally use [square brackets] to denote an object and "quotes" when referring to a message. Other people use different ways, objects sometimes appear like this too.

lh

I've investigated those objects and they've allowed me to do exactly what I wanted so that you Luke! I'm often surprised at the ease with which some things in Max just pass me by for so long!