[PD] select based on first "element"

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, at 7:07 PM, Atte via Pd-list wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm getting back into PD after a long time. Sorry if the following is 
> either obvious, obviously impossible, unclear, or the wrong way to go 
> about things.
> 
> I have an abstraction that I'd like to send different data through the 
> same inlet, say param1=0, param2=3. Taking the abstraction part out of 
> the equation, I guess I need to parse a list based on the first element.
> 
> Here's what I have, which doesn't work:
> 
> |param1 0(   |param2 3(
>  |_______________|
>           |
>     | select param1 param2 |
>        |        |        |
>   |print p1| |print p2|
> 
> How would I go about that? I'm in vanilla...


A really simple solution is to use [route] instead of [select]. 

Another way to do it is to store the parameter value in something that [select] will trigger, like [value].

The best solution might depend on what you are doing before and after.

>       
> Cheers
> -- 
> Atte
> 
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> 
> 
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