reading a streaming .dat into jitter

pilko's icon

Hi I am trying read a .dat from a remote server that is updated every second into max. i am trying to use jit.uldl object. I can download the file but need parse the file into a text file live into max.
any help would be grateful...
mark p

Rob Ramirez's icon

have you searched the forum for "parsing text file"?

have you searched your max documentation for "text"?

text, jit.textfile, regexp all come to mind.

pilko's icon

Hi

I managed to figured out a way of retrieving the data, using as you mentioned a combination of jit.uldl and regexp objects. I used them in creating a piece of music using data from a radio telescope from Jodrell Bank, Cheshire UK.
Thanks for your reply...

mark pilkington
www.thought-universe.co.uk