How to get the object index in a Container?

Hi,
Let's say I have 10 buttons (set to "switch" behavior) in a container. How can I get the object index of the currently selected button (x==1) inside the Container? In my scenario one button is selected at a time.
Thanks

Are you using ONE switch object with many rows - columns or are you using multiple switch objects?

I use ONE switch object with multiple rows/columns. All switches are packed into a container. The switches name hierarchy is:
Btn_0; Btn_1; Btn_2 etc.

Sorry still dont understand one thing....
Bu your description you have a lot of switches ( names you gave).

Do you want a way to find the "on" switch in each ONE object of multi-rows/columns? Then:

Script on execution x

decl index = firstof(x);

The index declared above will give you the position of the active switch inside the x vector (array)

Or do you want to search for the on switch of all the objects combined?

Here is an simple image of my scenario shown below. I have several buttons in a Container (in this example 4 in one row) but in my actual setup there are about 80 buttons placed in rows and columns. One of them can be switched ON at a time. I have a simple script which switches OFF the last selected button automatically (that script is embedded into each button and executed "On Expression" x of the button.

I need to get the current selected button Index number in the Container. I.e the Container is the array and the example below.
I need something like that:
Index=Btn_Container[2] so the Index=2 in this example.

btn_index.jpg

Ok got ya now....So you are using miltiple customSwitch objects.

Create an array (vector) inside your Container that inlcudes all your buttons' x.

so

array = {Btn_0.x, Btn_1.x,........Btn_80.x}

then use a script inside your container

On expression, buttons

decl Index = firstof(buttons);

Here's an example with 4 buttons

example.jzml

But I dont get one thing...since you ALREADY have one script in EACH of the 80 buttons why dont you simply create a "index" expression and change that individually in EACH of the buttons - its just one added line of code.

example2.jzml

By the way....if I were you I would definitely use ONE Switch object in Radio mode......and multiple rows - columns with labels...NOT a lot of CoustomSwitch objects. See how easy that is:

example3.jzml

THANKS A LOT!

I tried the examples and I could get the ideas. Example #1 is most closed to my project.
Great community - hugs!

hi perun and softcore,

i grab some usefull stuff from this post, especially about exemple 3, thanks for this !

next step for me is to send this value over midi, with the value interpoleted betwen 0 to 127,

i mean if i got ten switch and press the first, it send 0, the 5th send 64, and the last send 127
with 20 switch, value 64 will be send with the 10th switch ....

i should have a simple thing missing, but i new to lemur...

thanks