geddonn

I'm getting back into js again to scrape data on some of my patches for a sort of adaptive master control patch.

Anyway the first problem I've come into is in the code below.

From my understanding (providing my patch has a pattrstorage in it, which it does) the variable 'thePattr' should be assigned to the return value of the 'findPattr' function surely?

Unless I've misunderstood something about returns.

However, if I put 'post("pattrName " + a.varname);post();' before returning in the 'findPattr' function I get the scripting name I'm looking for.

    var thePattr = this.patcher.apply(findPattr);

    post("thePatt " + thePatt.varname);post();

    if (a.maxclass === "pattrstorage") {

From my understanding (providing my patch has a pattrstorage in it, which it does) the variable 'thePattr' should be assigned to the return value of the 'findPattr' function surely?
Unless I've misunderstood something about returns.

function getPattr(){
	var thePattr = this.patcher.apply(findPattr);

	post("thePatt " + thePatt.varname);post();
}

function findPattr(a){
	if (a.maxclass === "pattrstorage") {
		return a;
	}
}


find-and-return-scripting-name-of-specific-object-issue

Apologies, obvious typo, the problem still remains:

var thePatt = this.patcher.apply(findPattr);

post(“thePatt ” + thePatt.varname);post();

function getPattr(){
var thePatt = this.patcher.apply(findPattr);

post(“thePatt ” + thePatt.varname);post();
}

function findPattr(a){
if (a.maxclass === “pattrstorage”) {
return a;
}
}


Hi, the call to apply is not going to return the instance you are expecting, you need to perform all the logic inside your findPattr() function,

function findPattr(a){
  if (a.maxclass === “pattrstorage”) {
    // do your logic here
  }
}

find and return scripting name of specific object issue.