some times i see that the embed of the MAIN dict is not working. here is the text to be copied

{ "level1A" : { "level2A" : { "level3A" : { "key1A" : [ "value1A", "value2A" ], "key2A" : [ "value3A", "value4A" ] } , "level3B" : { "key1B" : [ "value1B", "value2B" ], "key2B" : [ "value3B", "value4B" ] }

}

}

}

Hi !

u cant assign dictionary to dictionary with assignment operator . you need to clone retrieved instance . As every GET key returns value or Dictionary . so instead of ... assigning

you need to clone it

ive checked it ,and its working

You are as always very kind and competent. I just have this question: How do you know that? The documentation for JS in max is pretty non-existent. Can you point me or suggest some link, documents or other info on how to have a complete overview of dictionary operations in javascript for MAX? Thanks!

Hello ! thank you . Unfortunately i do not know about any additional documentation than written by Cycling team . Also check JS tab in Dict help . I think API is mirrored from MAX to JS for our use (at least wider part). But the truth is that the "cloning" habit ive met in C external development , where things are more "strict" (require different coding attitude) than lose typing as in JS (which i love JS for it by the way) . Both worlds helps a lot , ive also read somewhere here that is a good practice . but time consuming , sure .

Ratox ! u can always ask here if you are "struggled" ... i will try to provide help if i know how . or private way.

# EDIT : also , when you use Dict in JS that is instantiated in MAX directly , you dont need to use "new" operator on every function call . "new" should be used if you are instantiating new Dict from within JS only (i didnt met any issues but it seems to be a good practice). But then you are responsible to free memory with "freepeer()" function called on your instance ;

so you can assign instance to variable

and free it later

maybe it would work instead of "clone" for your retrieved instance of subdictinary keys ? i cant check it at the moment . im just guessing . If you will be willing to check it out , please let me know if its working .

Thank you very much! You are absolutely helpful! But i don;t understand exactly what you mean here: ... maybe it would work instead of “clone” for your retrieved instance of subdictinary keys ? ... if you find time to explain this aspect it would be helpful to me and to everybody involved in similar questions... thanks again, Alessandro

I can send a value from max objects environment to a global object in a script but how can i do the opposite? how can i retrieve a value to send to an object?

i mean:

if in a script i have: var processIdentifier = Global ("process_id");

i can send some value from a max message like [; process_id storedvalue $1]

but i cannot create a [r process_id] object to receive any value assigned in a script, i get this error when i attempt to create the [receive] object:

...process_id: already exists.