Robert G

I've been trying to save data generated and held in a coll which is then pulled into a Dict to be saved and then pushed back into coll when the device is loaded again in the session. I have the dict capture and push working correctly; the stored dict content is pushed into the coll on reload. However, even though the data is there and i can see it in the coll, the 'nth 1 $1' message to spit the data will not cause coll to spit out any information. I've been using Max 7 as the Editor so I don't *think* that the integer/symbols issue is the problem. Ive included a patch that demonstrates this. Any ideas?

using-dict-to-save-generated-coll-data

I can reproduce the issue. It seems the nth message doesn't understand number 1 as index, probably still an integer/symbol problem.

if i populate the coll manually without using dict as the source then the 'nth 1 $1' works fine.

I might look into ditching coll altogether if I can get an equivalent of 'nth 1 $1' to work with it. Out of curiosity, anyone managed that before I potentially end up chasing my tail all evening?

if i populate the coll manually without using dict as the source then the 'nth 1 $1' works fine. 

I might look into ditching coll altogether if I can get an equivalent of 'nth 1 $1' to work with it. Out of curiosity, anyone managed that before I potentially end up chasing my tail all evening?


ok, something a little strange here, i tried the same method in Max 7 standalone and as broc said, same thing happened, coll gets populated but nth 1 $1 doesn't work. i opened the coll editor cut and pasted the line back in and it started working as it should do. is there a way to give coll a punch to get it rolling again?

coll sends data to dict to be saved with table like "1, 23 56", "2, 34 67", etc. 

dict seems to translate numbers to symbols.

so back to coll (when reopening the patch), coll doesn't understand the messages "delete 1", "remove 2", etc…

I have kind of same problem here.
coll sends data to dict to be saved with table like "1, 23 56", "2, 34 67", etc. 
dict seems to translate numbers to symbols.
so back to coll (when reopening the patch), coll doesn't understand the messages "delete 1", "remove 2", etc…
any work around ?


You need to translate the symbols back to numbers.

Using Dict to 'save' generated Coll data