Thinksamuel

I have the coll object taking a list of numbers (stocks). when I send a message to change the stocks (to use a differnt list of stocks), I want the old content i cleared and that the new content gets in. However, when i start with a list of 65 stocks, i change the list (by sending a message to another object that gets the numbers from the internet), and in the new list there are only 30 stocks. However, the coll object still gives 65 stocks. How can i change the coll-content to just keep 30 stocks there?

clearing-the-coll-and-replacing-the-content-of-it

id assume clear is what you want, but without a patch one only can 

On Dec 26, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Samuel Van Ransbeeck wrote:

> I have the coll object taking a list of numbers (stocks). when I 

> send a message to change the stocks (to use a differnt list of 

> stocks), I want the old content i cleared and that the new content 

> gets in. However, when i start with a list of 65 stocks, i change 

> the list (by sending a message to another object that gets the 

> numbers from the internet), and in the new list there are only 30 

> stocks. However, the coll object still gives 65 stocks. How can i 

> change the coll-content to just keep 30 stocks there?

id assume clear is what you want, but without a patch one only can  
guess.
On Dec 26, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Samuel Van Ransbeeck wrote:

>
> I have the coll object taking a list of numbers (stocks). when I  
> send a message to change the stocks (to use a differnt list of  
> stocks), I want the old content i cleared and that the new content  
> gets in. However, when i start with a list of 65 stocks, i change  
> the list (by sending a message to another object that gets the  
> numbers from the internet), and in the new list there are only 30  
> stocks. However, the coll object still gives 65 stocks. How can i  
> change the coll-content to just keep 30 stocks there?


At 4:33 PM -0700 12/26/07, Samuel Van Ransbeeck wrote:

>I have the coll object taking a list of numbers (stocks). when I send a message to change the stocks (to use a differnt list of stocks), I want the old content i cleared and that the new content gets in. However, when i start with a list of 65 stocks, i change the list (by sending a message to another object that gets the numbers from the internet), and in the new list there are only 30 stocks. However, the coll object still gives 65 stocks. How can i change the coll-content to just keep 30 stocks there?

The "clear" message to coll, which gets rid of the previous contents, is documented in the help file as well as the other documentation. But that said, you may be better served by using the refer message to have one coll instance refer to data stored in other coll instances.

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 | and radicals always argue." - Brian Eno

At 4:33 PM -0700 12/26/07, Samuel Van Ransbeeck wrote:
>I have the coll object taking a list of numbers (stocks). when I send a message to change the stocks (to use a differnt list of stocks), I want the old content i cleared and that the new content gets in. However, when i start with a list of 65 stocks, i change the list (by sending a message to another object that gets the numbers from the internet), and in the new list there are only 30 stocks. However, the coll object still gives 65 stocks. How can i change the coll-content to just keep 30 stocks there?

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cbm@well.com         |  This is why conservatives mostly agree,
http://www.xfade.com |  and radicals always argue." - Brian Eno


I don't have time to dissect this patch to figure out what your issue 

with coll is, but I notice one thing that may be messing you up: In 

the lower left, you have two colls named quotes that look like 

they're getting data written from different sources. Colls with the 

same name share their data, so when you write to either one of them 

you are writing to one shared collection of data.

I don't have time to dissect this patch to figure out what your issue 
with coll is, but I notice one thing that may be messing you up: In 
the lower left, you have two colls named quotes that look like 
they're getting data written from different sources. Colls with the 
same name share their data, so when you write to either one of them 
you are writing to one shared collection of data.

clearing the coll and replacing the content of it