reference the parent object in a globally defined funtion

[bananas]

Hard to explain this without the patch, so i have attached it here.


in 'global_function()' , I have this line:

Monitor.monitor_value = getexpression(Fader_1,'x') + 1;


but i don't want "Fader_1" in there, i want something like getobjectparent()... so that my global function can be called by any Faders, not just Fader_1.

so i tried getobjectparent(), and i tried getobject(), but neither of them were doing what i wanted. Is there some trick i'm missing?

[Macciza]

Hi

Maybe come at it slightly differently - just get the Fader to send the value to the function . . .

global_function(x) -(you pass a value along as x)
Monitor.value = x + 1; // don't need to recast as monitor_value and then to value just use Monitor.value - samething

Fader_script becomes Execute on Expression 'x'
global_function(x); // this sends the local x value to the function which adds 1 and puts it to the monitor value

You can duplicate the Fader multiple times and they will all post to the same Monitor object
Is that what you wanted??

MM

[bananas]

Hi


global_function(x) -(you pass a value along as x)

but...i thought functions didn't take arguments?

can you have a look at my patch and modify it so it does that???

[bananas]

by the way, i know in this case it would be much easier just to send the Fader_1.x value directly to the monitor... but this is just an example patch, which demonstrates what i wish to achieve.

I need to learn this process: ie, how to declare global functions and then use them inside my faders, switches, etc

[bananas]

oh....!

just made a global function by typing 'global_function(x)' and that worked

please ignore my stupidity

i'm learning lemur and script coding both at the same time.

[bananas]

woo!

i got it!

sorry about the noise and silly comments....Macciza, your method is exactly what i needed

[Macciza]

Hi
Basically functions can be defined to either take arguments or not as needed by naming them appropriately

global_function(x) means it takes one arg that is accessed in the script as 'x'
Additional args need additional vars ie global_function(x,offset) and use Monitor.value=x+offset and send global_function(x,2) from the Fader script

Hope that makes sense
MM

[bananas]

awesome. yeah....i understand ( i hope)