Did you use [col] to create the textfile? Or is it a random textfile? Formatting is important. A sample:
1, ah_yes.wav; 2, hokoji.loop.wav; 3, kenchoji.loop.wav; Maybe try to format it in this way? d. Donal Carey wrote: > Hi all > > Apoligies if this is not the correct place for asking these sorts of > questions. > > Can the 'coll' object read items from a text file? > > What I want to do is have several messages stored in a textfile, load > them into coll and then output them one at a time. Is this possible, > everytime I try and load a text file into coll I get the error ... > > "coll: bad atom > error (miXed): coll: error reading text file 'C:/Documents and > Settings/Donal/Desktop/pd project/clips/masterText.txt" > > > Thanks and regards > Donal > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ---Oblique Strategy # 202: "Back up a few steps. What else could you have done?" _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
