Noah

to select consecutively, or randomly, between different message boxes, with each bang?

Total beginner question...
How can I get this patch

to select consecutively, or randomly, between different message boxes, with each bang?


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Oh you want to select something? Try the [select] object!

And some gates. Or you could use a switch. Welcome to Max!

thank you very much for your help and swift response.

are the two different toggles basically two different options for workability?

also, I don't understand the subtraction object / "!-" does in this patch.

Very curious, if you have the time to answer again.

A more solid solution with more utility than the one I came up with...

Evan,
thank you very much for your help and swift response.
are the two different toggles basically two different options for workability?
also, I don't understand the subtraction object / "!-" does in this patch.
Very curious, if you have the time to answer again.

This patch helps the "coll" object to make more sense.

I did not know about the "@active 1" as a means of automatically initiating the "metro" object

Thank you for this Rabid
an even smaller patch!
This patch helps the "coll" object to make more sense.
I did not know about the "@active 1" as a means of automatically initiating the "metro" object


Raja, always being succinct. It's good practice to hide all those messy conditional things in a coll or javascript, or something similar.

I only added one toggle from the initial patch you provided, to choose between random and sequential. The !- object simply inverts the toggle value, opening one gate when the other is closed and vice versa.

Raja, always being succinct. It's good practice to hide all those messy conditional things in a coll or javascript, or something similar. 

I only added one toggle from the initial patch you provided, to choose between random and sequential. The !- object simply inverts the toggle value, opening one gate when the other is closed and vice versa.


Evan, I see this clarifies your patch in terms of the !- object and its general use.

Interesting to look at the difference between succinct in form and transparent in operation.

Thank you again for all of your help. I hope to be able to help someone else as much as you two have helped me.

Evan, I see this clarifies your patch in terms of the !- object and its general use.
Interesting to look at the difference between succinct in form and transparent in operation.
Thank you again for all of your help. I hope to be able to help someone else as much as you two have helped me.


(due to harsh life circumstances, i took a 9 month hiatus from overall max patching and have lost quite a bit of my 'max mojo' so you're already helping me by getting me to think through a problem which encourages me to keep going. (and ya, it's good to see the different ways, there may be times when one is more applicable due to the swiftness of brainstorming while another more succinct one might save CPU, etc.) so thanks for posting! and welcome :)

choose different message box with each bang?