bag
Store a collection of numbers
Description
Stores and manages a collection of numbers. You can add to or delete an integer from a bag as well as report its contents. bag with any argument maintains multiple entries with the same item; otherwise it holds only one of each.
Arguments
Attributes
Common Box Attributes
annotation[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in the Clue window when the user moves the mouse over the object.
background[int]: 0
Adds or removes the object from the patcher's background layer. background 1 adds the object to the background layer, background 0 removes it. Objects in the background layer are shown behind all objects in the default foreground layer.
color[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object box outline.
fontface[int]
Sets the type style used by the object. The options are:
plain
bold
italic
bold italic
Possible values:
0 = 'regular'
1 = 'bold'
2 = 'italic'
3 = 'bold italic'
fontname[symbol]
Sets the object's font.
fontsize[float]
Sets the object's font size (in points).
Possible values:
'8'
'9'
'10'
'11'
'12'
'13'
'14'
'16'
'18'
'20'
'24'
'30'
'36'
'48'
'64'
'72'
hint[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in as a pop-up hint when the user moves the mouse over the object in a locked patcher.
ignoreclick[int]: 0
Toggles whether an object ignores mouse clicks in a locked patcher.
jspainterfile[symbol]
JS Painter File
patching_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 100. 0.
Sets the position and size of the object in the patcher window.
position[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's x and y position in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its size unchanged.
presentation[int]: 0
Sets whether an object belongs to the patcher's presentation.
presentation_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 0. 0.
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in the patcher's presentation, leaving its patching position unchanged.
rect[4 floats]
write-only
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation).
size[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's width and height in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its position unchanged.
textcolor[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object's text in RGBA format.
textjustification[int]
Sets the justification for the object's text.
Possible values:
0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'
varname[symbol]
Sets the patcher's scripting name, which can be used to address the object by name in pattr, scripting messages to thispatcher, and the js object.
Messages
bang
In left inlet: Causes bag to send all its collected numbers out the outlet.
int
In left inlet: The number is either added to or deleted from the collection of numbers stored in the bag object, depending on the number in the right inlet.
In right inlet: The number is stored as an indicator of whether to include or delete the next number received in the left inlet. If non-zero, the number received in the left inlet is added to the bag. If 0, the number is deleted from the collection.
No output is triggered by a number received in either inlet.
- input
[int]
(inlet1)
In right inlet: The number is stored as an indicator of whether to include or delete the next number received in the left inlet. If non-zero, the number received in the left inlet is added to the bag. If 0, the number is deleted from the bag.
No output is triggered by a number received in either inlet.
- function
[int]
float
Converted to int .
- input
[float]
clear
In left inlet: Deletes the entire contents of the bag.
cut
length
In left inlet: Reports how many numbers are currently stored in the bag.
send
list
Any list composed of two numbers behaves as though the first list item was sent to the left inlet and the second list item was sent to the right inlet. If the second element of the list is a non-zero number, the number is added to the collection.
- input
[int]
- function
[int]
Output
int
When bang is received in the left inlet, all the numbers stored in bag are sent out one at a time, in reverse order from that in which they were stored.
When cut is received in the left inlet, the oldest stored number is sent out.
When length is received in the left inlet, the number of items in the bag object is sent out.
See Also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| coll | Store and edit a collection of data |
| funbuff | Store pairs of numbers |
| offer | Store one-time number pairs |