[PD] basic data structures!

[matthew jones]

one whole side of pd I have overlooked is the use of data structures and
templates within pd.  now it seems like I should learn these basics though I
have to admit I have some difficulties in understanding how a lot of that
stuff is used.

say I want to keep a list of the last 6 midi notes that are pressed (and
still pressed).  when one is released, I want to remove this pitch number
from the list, and shift the list along, filling in empties with zeroes.
How I used to do this was with something like:

[l] <- list from zexy
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[unpack f f]
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[== n]   [== n]
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[moses 0] [moses 0] <- If larger than zero, put FIRST element into pack (2nd
inlet) and zero into 1st
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        |if larger than zero, put SECOND element into pack (2nd inlet)
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[pack 0 0]
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(I bet this is unclear, but is quite basic so hope you can follow me)
Is there a better way than this??! I'm sure there must be.  I mean, I've
shown this for the case of a 2-element list, but probably want six or more,
and will start to look unecessarily complicated when having to deal with
each element match as a separate case....

matt

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