[maxmsp] alphabetical/numerical sorting...

Martin Ritter schrieb:
> This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure
> how to handle this. I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case)
> pictures in it and would like to arrange them numerically from
> Pic0.jpeg to Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to.
> What am I missing??? The pics are nicely order in my folder on my
> desktop but as soon as I read it with the "folder" object, things get
> scrambled... Any ideas???

They are sorted, but alphabetical and not numerical. If you want it
numerical you have to extract the numbers, dump it into a coll, sort it
and then fill the menu...

The suggestion of jl is easier, just name them alphabetically....

Stefan

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