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Dumping a coll into another coll changes the numbering of items - the last is the first.

Dumping a coll into another coll changes the numbering of items - the last is the first.
Why? Thanks for Help


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It's hard to be sure without knowing what you mean by "dumping", but it is probably because when you insert item one it is given the index of 1, then when the next item goes in it is given index 1and the first item is renumbered as 2, and so on. this behaviour is decribed in the reference page.

It's hard to be sure without knowing what you mean by "dumping", but it is probably because when you insert item one it is given the index of 1, then when the next item goes in it is given index 1and  the first item is renumbered as 2, and so on. this behaviour is decribed in the reference page.


Ok. By "dumping" i meant the "dump"-message. What ist the right and best way to store the items of a coll in another coll.

If the other [coll] is empty then you can just use the "refer" message. If the other [coll] already has some sort of content you need to be careful that you are not duplicating any of the existing indices. Are you just using ascending numeral indices?

Yes. Refer-message doesnt work for me. Thanks.

Hi, Luke Hall, sorry, sorry! Refer works!!!!! Thank you very much!

Refer is the same as having the two colls named the same: the data is shared between them. Changing one changes the other. If you really want to copy the data there is a little more work involved. Save this as CollCopy.maxpat -

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