1.1.) find min/max of all list values. i don't know if there is a smart way to find the lowest or highest value in a list. i use a vb-component (called "list mapper") friendly shared by someone on this forum.
frank On May 5, 3:54 pm, Marc Syp <marc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. How about a survey. > > We all must do certain tasks over and over again that require in some > cases extensive workarounds because a component doesn't exist. What > workaround do you use most often? > > A few that I would love to see turned into components: > > 1) Map values to user-defined domain. Begone foul functions! > 2) Filter/Weave component: ability to accept multiple gate values and > filter by index value. I have two streams of identical length. I want > to filter this into one stream of the same original length but by > picking values in a binary fashion by index number. That is give a > list of 0,1,0,1,1,1,etc values that determine the piece of data chosen > for index positions 0,1,2,3,4,5, respectively. As of now I have to > generate cull patterns to eliminate unwanted data and then use the > Weave component. It seems to me that the Filter stream component > should accept multiple gate indices and use this "one value per index" > behavior. > 3) Shift branch - A component that works like the Shift List component > but works on entire branches. I find myself using a workaround for > this all the time... which involves a lot of flattening, number > series, subsets, and regrouping and/or path extraction and list > shifting. > 4) Split data into paths - You want to divide the flat list of 15 > values into 5 sets of 3. No problem, but it involves creating two > number series, a list of intervals, and subsets. I would love a > component where you just plug in the list and the group size list as a > repeating mask. In this case, "3". The component takes the first 3 > values and makes it a path, the next three values and makes it a path, > etc, until the list runs out. Alternatively, you could provide a > series of numbers that work as a repeating set. "3,4,5" would create > paths with N=3, N=4, N=5, N=3, N=4, N=5, N=3, etc, until the list runs > out. Good, no? > 5) Lists within lists. I think you know what I'm talking about. > Breaking down lists into flattening, making subsets, doing an > operation, and then rebuilding the original path structure based on > list length components farther back in the tree. Lists of lists would > make this so much dreamier. > > Other little wishes: > > 1) Duplicate data: option to generate new paths for each duplicated > data set > 2) Override icon preview: really helpful for Parameter, and VBScript > nodes, especially. I love icon view but hate that I have to live with > the icons for parameters and script buttons without differentiation. > > There are a few others that I'm forgetting, but perhaps someone can > add some to this thread as well. > > Marc
