Awesome! I must have missed that in the non-existent help file i had to search the internet for.... :)
also i was a little confused because the help file i found uses [when( in the comments and [where( as a message... all is good though!! so thanks for this marius! [end, where( actually only gave me a "bang" message from the second outlet but what worked for me was [end, skip -1, where( thanks again! cheers mark --- marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > with msgfile, you should be able to send > [end, where( > to the messagefile, which first jumps to the end end > then tells you the > current position (line number). the first line is 0, > so you have to add > 1 to the number to get the number of lines. > marius. > > mark edward grimm wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Maybe I am missing something. I want to print the > > number of lines in a text file loaded into > 'msgfile' > > OR equivalent object. The object seems to do > > everything but that!! Am i missing something right > in > > front of me? I just need to know the number of > lines > > in a text file that i load... > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > BTW 'msgfile-help.pd' is missing in my pd-extended > > recent auto-build... > > > > cheers > > mark > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m > > syracuse u. | vpa foundations | timearts > > adjunct | new media consultant > > megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 315.378.2136 > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > ____________________ mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m syracuse u. | vpa foundations | timearts adjunct | new media consultant megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 315.378.2136 ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list