Simple max puzzle...

dhiatensor

So I'm trying to determine something that seems at first glance very
simple -- the order of two paired events. The problem is, I want the
recognition of the pairs to start over each time a pair is
recognized. So if I click:

left right left right

I want it to see: left-to-right left-to-right

right now it sees: left-to-right right-to-left left-to-right

Not sure how to Max this... If togedge accepted a set or clear
message I could see how to do it... A starting place is below.

Thanks for your help!

-dh

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Peter McCulloch

Here's an example of doing it with buddy. Buddy is a really useful
object for syncing things. (note that buddy does not accept bangs,
however.) The advantage of using buddy is that it always waits for the
second button to be pressed.

Peter McCulloch

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ericsays

Here's a js version that takes any input including bangs and lists.

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/****** save as inlet_order.js ******/
autowatch = 1;
inlets = 2;
var tracker = new Array();
function anything ()
{
switch (inlet)
{
case 0 :
tracker[tracker.length] = 0;
break;
case 1 :
tracker[tracker.length] = 1;
}
if (tracker.length==2)
{
if (tracker[0]==tracker[1]) tracker.length = 1; // same inlet 2x in a row
else
{
if (tracker[0]
else outlet(0, 1); // right to left
tracker = [];
}
}
}