Also, if the file has numbers on separate lines, you can use the "-cr" flag to the "read" message to text to get each one on its own line in the object - this should make it easier to manipulate. But "array" objects are much more efficient - it might be worth writing a loop that simply loads the numbers from text into an array one by one at startup.
OTOH the "soundfiler" object really should be able to read/write ascii numbers - that's been on my dolist for a decade or more. cheers Miller On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 11:58:12AM +0200, Jack wrote: > Le 07/10/2016 à 11:50, Jack a écrit : > > If you need [array] or [table] to do operations on them, you could use : > > [text define] to load your list of float, > > [0( on [text size] to get the number of float in your text file. > > > > Then use this number to resize your [array] and then load your textfile > > in this array. > > I think, it is better to do : > [0( on [text get] (instead of reload the text file) and send result to > [array set]. > ++ > > Jack > > > > > > I don't test it, and maybe there is a more elegant way to achieve this. > > ++ > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > Le 07/10/2016 à 11:10, Raphaël Ilias a écrit : > >> Hello Jack, > >> > >> Yes [text] is great, but I'm currently using tables/arrays that I want > >> to be stored on filesystem. > >> I actually can [read array.txt ( containing an array (i.e. a list of > >> floats) with [text], and the whole array is loaded as a list on first > >> line, but I'm concerned about performance while loading/parsing data. > >> > >> Then this would mean using : > >> > >> [0 $1 1 ( > >> | > >> [text get dataAsText] > >> > >> instead of : > >> > >> [$1 ( > >> | > >> [tabread dataAsArray] > >> > >> I will give this solution a try, but I'm using quite large tables (more > >> than 10,000 float values)... do you think it's as fast as [tabread] ? > >> > >> (PS : I'm also looking for a way to know if a specified file (giving its > >> path) exists or not. I did this once with the [shell] external, but I > >> would prefer a vanilla solution...) > >> > >> have a nice day, > >> > >> Raphaël > >> > >> 2016-10-06 18:08 GMT+02:00 Jack <j...@rybn.org <mailto:j...@rybn.org>>: > >> > >> Hello Raphaël, > >> > >> For textfiles ? > >> Maybe you should use [text] ? > >> ++ > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> > >> > >> Le 06/10/2016 à 18:00, Raphaël Ilias a écrit : > >> > Hello list > >> > > >> > For an array used as data storage (i.e. not audio), is there a way to > >> > load data from a file AND have it resized according to file's length > >> ? > >> > ...like with soundfiler : [read -resize filename.wav tablename ( > >> > > >> > I want to load textfiles into arrays but their may vary and cannot be > >> > predicted... > >> > > >> > I feel my english isn't very clear today ! So I attached an example > >> patch. > >> > > >> > Any idea ? > >> > > >> > have a good day ! > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Raphaël Ilias > >> > ___________________________________ > >> > * phae.fr <http://phae.fr> <http://phae.fr>* > >> > 10 rue des Deux Haies - 49100 Angers / France > >> > phae.il...@gmail.com <mailto:phae.il...@gmail.com> > >> <mailto:phae.il...@gmail.com <mailto:phae.il...@gmail.com>> / 06 04 > >> 45 79 78 <tel:06%2004%2045%2079%2078> > >> > ___________ > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list > >> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> <https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at> mailing list > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> <https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list