zl group to create very long list

The default length is 256, you can extend this up to about 32768 list items by specifying it as an argument before the [zl] mode: [zl 2048 group 1234] for example.

Thanks Luke,

thats great!

Jack

in max 6, you can also write [zl.group 1234 @zlmaxsize 2048].

Another tip that may or may not be useful, you can specify the zl group size as -1, which will cause the the inputed elements to be continuously added to the list and outputted when a bang is sent or when the maximum list length is reached. This is quite useful for joining an unspecified number of lists, for example, when dumping data from a coll.

The -1 feature does not seem to be documented anywhere. Wish I'd known about it earlier.

I'm not sure if it's so much a feature, more giving the object an argument which it logically can never reach, therefore preventing the automatic output from functioning.

-1 argument is very useful, dumping information from a coll is exactly what I'm trying to do. Now I'm having problems with message and comment boxes, I think its because I've got too many elements in the list. Is the an argument I need to add somewhere?

Jack

we dont know if it is not eventually possible to reach -1 when you only count upwards long enough.

i think one day you an reach -1, i am just not sure if it will be int or float.

If the limit of zl list lengths is 32768 then you will never reach -1 as the list will be outputted and the buffer length reset to 0 when you hit this value.