match
Description
Watches an incoming stream of ints, floats, symbols, lists, or messages, and outputs the stream after it has met the specification of its arguments.
Examples
Numbers must be the same, and in the same order
Arguments
match-list [list]
The arguments specify numbers to look for, in the proper order. The word nn can be used as a wild card that will match any number.
Attributes
Common Box Attributes
Messages
int
Arguments
input
[int]
If the numbers match the arguments, in the proper order, they are sent out as a list.
float
Arguments
input
[float]
If the numbers match the arguments, in the proper order, they are sent out as a list.
list
Arguments
input
[list]
If the input-list matches the arguments, in the proper order, they are sent out as a list.
anything
Arguments
input
[list]
Performs the same as list.
clear
Causes match to forget all numbers it has received up to that time.
set
Arguments
match-list
[list]
The word set, followed by a list of numbers, specifies a new series of numbers match will look for.
Output
list
The numbers received in the inlet are compared with the arguments. If the numbers are the same, and in the same order, they are sent out the outlet as a list.
See Also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| iter | |
| join | |
| pack | |
| select |