i mean 'tabdump' not 'tabdumB' :) 2010/8/17 tim vets <[email protected]>
> see attachment > uses tabdumb and list-idx > chooses one of 18 'onn/off states' in a table randomly and flips it > gr, > Tim > > 2010/8/17 Frank Barknecht <[email protected]> > >> Hi João, >> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 04:30:00PM +0100, João de Brito Rocha Reis Vidigal >> wrote: >> > Here's what I wanna do: >> > >> > I have 18 slot for audio and video to play. There can be one playing, >> none or even um to the 18. >> > These slots are to be triggered randomly. >> > Is there a possibility of storing the ID of the slots already triggered? >> Like a list? The thing is that if it is a list it would have to have a >> variable number of floats (wouldn't it?). >> > Why do I need this? Because after triggering a random slot ON I want to >> trigger a random slot OFF. So, I have to know what are the slots triggered >> on in order to trigger one of these OFF and not one 18. Otherwise I could >> end up triggering off a slot that was never on! >> > As well I need to know witch ones are OFF to randomly select and turn >> one on. >> >> A brute-force approach to your problem is attached: It uses [select] to >> re-trigger the random selection if you get a slot-value that already is >> off. >> If instead you get a usable slot-value, it stores this in a [f] object >> by using the cold, right inlet, so it can be switched off later, then >> also updates the [select] via its right inlet to watch for the new "ON" >> slot. >> >> There is a small risk to get a lot of the same values from [random] but >> this is very, very unlikely. >> >> You should remember the >> >> [t f b] >> \/ >> /\ >> [f ] >> >> idiom to delay the output of a float value by one execution step. It's >> often useful, and also the use of [select] to filter out unwanted >> values. >> >> You can also do all this without storing the OFF value by transferring >> the logic of switching off or on into your "slot" abstractions. The >> c_tgl.pd abstractions shows how to do that. It compares an incoming >> slot-number with [== $1] where $1 is the slot-id passed as argument. It >> has a global receiver in it to simplify patching a bit. >> >> Ciao >> -- >> Frank >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> >
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