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I cant figure out how I could designate an inlet with a a variable in the js object!

I cant figure out how I could designate an inlet with a a variable in the js object!
Any ideas anyone plz!

one-very-simple-but-to-be-frustrating-question-concerning-inlets-in-js-object

From the Max documentation for "Javascript in Max":

During the execution of a function, the inlet property reports the inlet number that received the message that triggered the function, starting at 0 for the leftmost inlet. This property’s value is 0 within global code.

var myfavoriteinlet = 2; // the third inlet

post ("Oh boy, I received a number in my favorite inlet!n");

inlet (Number, get)
During the execution of a function, the inlet property reports the inlet number that received the message that triggered the function, starting at 0 for the leftmost inlet. This property’s value is 0 within global code.

function msg_int(x) {
  var myfavoriteinlet = 2; // the third inlet
  if (inlet == myfavoriteinlet) {
    post ("Oh boy, I received a number in my favorite inlet!n");
  }
}


so when we send an integer in the js object is like we are invoking the msg_int() function. And that is the way to access the incoming data through the different functions for the different types of data. correct?

hey thnx for the reply!
so when we send an integer in the js object is like we are  invoking the msg_int() function. And that is the way to access the incoming data through the different functions for the different types of data. correct?


 property contains the index of the inlet (starts at 0, for the leftmost) from which the message arrived.

Yes. The inlet property contains the index of the inlet (starts at 0, for the leftmost) from which the message arrived.


one very simple (but to be frustrating) question concerning inlets in js object