hello,

i would like pd to read from a text file containing a list of numbers (anything from 10 to 1000 lines maybe), and display those numbers in number boxes for use in pd (sequencing, gem etc).

i know there is the facility to read text files, and display the results in the pd window, but i cant get them into number boxes. im guessing we could use metro to go through the list line by line?

any help / example patched gratefully received!!

thanks

james.

if you go with 1000 lines, obviously 1000 individual number boxes is going to be a real headache.

i'm thinking it would be best to go with a few 'categories' of number boxes, and use message boxes to send the contents of the massage boxes to re-assignable recieves.

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not sure if that is a very clear explanation...if i get time, i'll send you an example patch when i get home.

as for sending floats to different number boxes, the [route] object is your firend.

i'm not sure if this is what you had a mind or not, but the patch i am attaching to this post will read numbers from a file and put them into message boxes in a sub patch. you'll have to connect those message boxes to whatever you want to use them for.

let me know if you are aiming at something different.

zac

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/number_reader.pd

this file too

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/numbers.txt

or was it something more like this that you had in mind?

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/number_reader2.pd

Zac,

That 2nd file is perfect, exactly what i was after.
Many thanks for your time on this

James.