why is coll object out putting "symbol"?

CowboyTakeTwo's icon

i'm trying to store an array of messages in a coll object. they consist of words and spaces. if the message is only one word, then coll is prepending the word "symbol" onto the message upon retrieval. any way to turn this off? if not, how do i remove this "symbol " (including the space after) from the output, and leave multiword messages unchanged? thanks.

Ben Bracken's icon

add a [route symbol] below your coll.

-Ben

JATom's icon
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Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

this is a common question for years for all of us.
simply dont think about it an use a [route symbol]
object ;-)

Roman Thilenius's icon

well, only one word could as well be a list with only one argument: "list david"

^^

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Exit Only's icon

would be awesome to someday have a flag to disable this. and then another day have that be the default

Roman Thilenius's icon

i dont remember exactly, but there _was a change some day. the behaviour of the second outlet always was a bit strange.