pack
Create a list
Description
Combine items into an output list. The arguments determine the list format and types of the list elements. The number of inlets is based on the number of arguments.
Arguments
list-elements[any]
optional
The number of inlets is determined by the number of arguments. Each argument sets an initial type and value for an item in the list produced by pack. If there are no arguments, the object will be created with two inlets, and the two list elements will be set to (int) 0 initially.
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]
You can override the default appearance of a user interface object by assigning a JavaScript file with code for painting the object. The file must be in the search path.
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
Output currently stored list
int
The number is stored as an item in a list, with its position in the list corresponding to the inlet in which it was received. A number in the left inlet also causes the list to be output. If the inlet has been initialized with a float or symbol argument, the incoming number will be converted to a float or a blank symbol.
- input
[int]
float
The number is stored as an item in a list, with its position in the list corresponding to the inlet in which it was received. A number in the left inlet also causes the entire list to be the output. If the inlet has been initialized with an int or symbol argument, the incoming number will be converted to an int or a (blank) symbol.
- input
[float]
list
Any multi-item message is treated as a list. The first item in the incoming list is stored in in the location that corresponds to the inlet in which it was received. Each subsequent item is stored as if it had arrived in subsequent inlets (limited to the number of inlets available). A list received in the left inlet causes the entire stored list to be sent out the outlet.
- input
[list]
anything
Performs the same function as list .
- input
[list]
nth
The nth message will output the stored list element at the index. Output is sent from the first outlet.
- index
[int]
send
set
Sets the values without causing list output. Although the set message works with any inlet, it is only meaningful in the left inlet, which is the only inlet that will trigger output.
- input
[list]
symbol
Stores the symbol in the list at the position corresponding to the inlet it was received. If the list element was initialized as a number, the symbol is converted to 0 before being stored. A symbol in the left inlet triggers output of the list.
- input
[symbol]
Output
any
When the nth message is received, the value of the specified item is sent out.
list
The length of the list is determined by the number of arguments. When input is received in the left inlet, the stored list is sent out the outlet.
See Also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| bondo | Synchronize a group of messages |
| buddy | Synchronize arriving data |
| join | Combine items into a list |
| match | Watch for a message match, then output the message |
| pak | Output a list when any element changes |
| swap | Swap position of two numbers |
| thresh | Combine numbers, symbols and lists when received close together |
| unjoin | Break a list into messages |
| unpack | Break a list into individual messages |
| zl | Process lists in many ways |