I think you can do this with "text", using "search" to find the line number containing the key and then "get".
cheers Miller On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 01:20:46PM -0400, Ali Momeni wrote: > Hello Jonathan, > > Thanks for your reply. > I'm not quite sure what you mean. > > What pd-vanilla object do you use to implement "Variable number of keys of > arbitrarily typed values" or "set number of keys with set value types"? > > I should add that I'm interested ultimately in a data structure that I can > populate from text files, read by PD. > > -ali > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Wilkes <jancs...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Variable number of keys of arbitrarily typed values, or > > set number of keys with set value types? > > > > -Jonathan > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Ali Momeni <batc...@gmail.com> > > *To:* Pd-List <pd-list@lists.iem.at> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2017 1:09 PM > > *Subject:* [PD] your favorite key:value data structure? > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm looking for something analogous to the Max "coll" object, or a python > > dictionary, or anything with key value pairs. > > > > I'm aware of the 'cyclone' and its 'coll' object. > > > > i'm wondering if there is a pd-vanilla friendly alternative to this 3rd > > party external. > > > > any hints? > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > ali > > _______________________________________________ > > 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