Thanks Derek - this took care of the problem ! :)
Donal
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From: "Derek Holzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Donal Carey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] coll object
> Did you use [co
This is the right place to ask! :) coll is supposed to be able to
open textfiles, but I think they are supposed to have a specific
format. It is meant for Max/MSP compatibility, you might have better
luck with the native Pd versions: textfile and qlist
.hc
On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:33 AM,
coll uses a special format to store its data, it always uses an ID, then
a comma and then the message content. this has some advantages (sorting,
lookup) but does not work with all textfiles.
I suggest to use textfile or messagefile. or, if you want to use coll,
then look at the fileformat and s
Derek Holzer wrote:
> 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?
Or if it's plain text, use "read file.txt" (for ';'-terminate
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
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 a
