How to get the object index in a Container?

[Perun]

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

[Softcore]

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

[Perun]

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.

[Softcore]

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:

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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?

[Perun]

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.

[Softcore]

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);

[Softcore]

Here's an example with 4 buttons

[Softcore]

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.

[Softcore]

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

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[Perun]

THANKS A LOT!

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