selected#

A function that can be used in Formulas.

Syntax and semantics

selected# ( )
return a list of the IDs of all currently selected objects.
selected# (type$)
return a list of the IDs of all currently selected objects of type type$.

Example

Assume that at the start of the following script, the list of objects is empty:

sound = Create Sound from formula: "sine377", 1, 0, 0.1, 44100,
 ... ~ sin (2*pi*377*x)
 pitch = To Pitch: 0.01, 75, 600
 plusObject: sound
 pulses = To PointProcess (cc)
 plusObject: sound

At this point, the list of objects will contain three objects, which will look as follows (ID, type name, given name), where the two that stand selected are given in bold:

1. Sound sine377
 2. Pitch sine377
 3. PointProcess sine377_sine377

The IDs of the two selected objects are 1 and 3, respectively, and this is what selected# ( ) will show:

writeInfoLine: selected# ()
 =>
1 3

We can also just list the selected Sound objects:

writeInfoLine: selected# ("Sound")
 =>
1

or the selected Pitch objects (there should be none):

writeInfoLine: selected# ("Pitch")
 =>

or the selected PointProcess objects:

writeInfoLine: selected# ("PointProcess")
 =>
3

Test

An automated test:

assert selected# () = { 1, 3 }
 assert selected# ("Sound") = { 1 }
 assert selected# ("Pitch") = zero# (0)
 assert selected# ("PointProcess") = { 3 }

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