A more workable solution might be to use the IEM matrix object set, which is designed for exactly this sort of tabular data. I hacked together a pretty good preset saving system a month or two ago using them. You might have to format the txt file you are using a bit to get it to load, however. Check 5.reference/iemmatrix/matrix-help.pd (at least on Extended) for details.
d. toby zardoz wrote: > > Hello PD list > I'm trying to extract one of three number columns from a text file to > drive the pitch of an audio oscillator. > I have the .txt file reading all 3 columns of numbers into an array at > present but I only want the second column. > Ideally I'd like to extract the 2nd column before being read into the > array but another solution in this case may also be limiting the numbers > read from the array to the oscillator to within a particular range (i.e. > the number value range of the 2nd column; 840 - 890). Though the > latter wouldn't provide a pure solution it would be workable in this case. > As you may have guessed, I'm grapping with pd fundamentals here as an > abolute beginner, so I'd really appreciate any suggestions/ patch > examples/ explanations etc. > thanks > Toby -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ---Oblique Strategy # 57: "Do the words need changing?" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
