miscellanea

i am working on a project that requires objects to be dynamically created and removed from a patch. (for sake of simplicity i have made this object a simple '+' object here)

my javascript works as i expect if i make all of the objects first (using the 'create_generation_no(a)' funtion and then use the 'kill_gen(x)' function to remove them. (each object created should live in an individual address in the 'generation_object' array)

if i make some objects, then remove them, and then create some more, the new ones can be removed using the 'kill_gen(x)' function using the array address's that i have already created and removed.

what i want is that every new object is labelled individualy with no repeating so objects can be created and removed in any order..

as i am just learning javascript i assume i am missing a fundamental point with the variables and array??

//create a new object labelled by generation number

generation_object[y] = this.patcher.newdefault(500, position, "+", y);

// delete an object by generation number index - if statement checks if it exists

if(generation_object[a]) this.patcher.remove(generation_object[a]);

var generation_object = new Array(1000);
var position = 15

//
//create a new object labelled by generation number
//

function create_generation_no(a) {
y = arguments[0];
post(y);
post();
generation_object[y] = this.patcher.newdefault(500, position, "+", y);
post(generation_object[y]);
position = position+18;
outlet(0, "bang");
if (position > 750) {
	(position = 15);
}

//
// delete an object by generation number index - if statement checks if it exists
//

function kill_gen(x) {
a = arguments[0];
post(a);
post(generation_object[a]);
post();
if(generation_object[a]) this.patcher.remove(generation_object[a]);

creating and deleting multiple objects