Jason Nerida

Is there a way to parse a string in Max? I have some data stored in a coll that I would like to retrieve but I don't want the string portion of it i.e., "sample16" -> "16". Maybe it's easier to make another coll with just the int portion?

substring-function

If you add a space between "sample" and "16" when entering the data 

in the coll, you can retrieve just the int easily, like so:

If, on the other hand, your data isn't going to have the same form 

each time or you just don't want to bother cleaning it up, you could:

...an embarrassing amount of time later...

I gave it a shot and came up with the bass-ackwards approach below. 

Hope it helps. Maybe someone else on the list will be so outraged at 

my clumsy kludge that they'll post an elegant solution. ;)

If you add a space between "sample" and "16" when entering the data  
in the coll, you can retrieve just the int easily, like so:

If, on the other hand, your data isn't going to have the same form  
each time or you just don't want to bother cleaning it up, you could:

I gave it a shot and came up with the bass-ackwards approach below.   
Hope it helps.  Maybe someone else on the list will be so outraged at  
my clumsy kludge that they'll post an elegant solution. ;)

Substring Function?