i'll clarify a bit...
i add a list to a table with:
-- "insert [list]" into 1st inlet: function M:in_1_insert(list) table.insert(self.mydata, list) end
then i search the table for the pattern "score = 1" and ask it to print the lines containing the matched pattern
-- what to do on "scores" into 1st inlet: function M:in_1_scores() for i, v in ipairs(self.mydata) do if string.match(v, "score = 1", 1, true) then self:outlet(1, "list", v) end end end
the problem is that the string.match is expecting a string and getting a table and i'm not sure how to fix this - i thought the ipairs was iterating the table into a string but its not.
here is the error from pd: [string "rob2"]:19: bad argument #1 to 'match' (string expected, got table)
lua and lua files attached
any guidance welcome,
thanks
rob c
#N canvas 123 334 512 437 10; #X msg 52 64 print; #X msg 53 86 scores; #X obj 17 131 rob2; #X msg 17 43 insert s d d d 2 2 2 2 w score = 1; #X msg 54 106 reset; #X obj 17 161 prepend set; #X msg 17 183; #X obj 17 11 loadbang; #X connect 0 0 2 0; #X connect 1 0 2 0; #X connect 2 0 5 0; #X connect 3 0 2 0; #X connect 4 0 2 0; #X connect 5 0 6 0; #X connect 7 0 3 0;