kthozoid

Can anyone explain this behaviour please? it has something to do with ids arriving from OSC, but i don't understand why the message box is behaving like this. thanks.

strange-textmessage-box-behaviour

 prefix exists in many programming languages to define an hexadecimal number. And Max uses this notation too (although I'm not sure it's documented...). Try to type 0xf in a message box, and you'll get a nice 15.

So, what you see is a decimal representation of the hexadecimal number you have in your text. Note that the number is too big to fit within 32bits, which is how integers are represented in Max.

The 0x prefix exists in many programming languages to define an hexadecimal number. And Max uses this notation too (although I'm not sure it's documented...). Try to type 0xf in a message box, and you'll get a nice 15.

So, what you see is a decimal representation of the hexadecimal number you have in your text. Note that the number is too big to fit within 32bits, which is how integers are represented in Max.


thanks Patrick, i had a feeling the 0x prefix was the key here. much obliged.

Strange text/message box behaviour.