Hi,

I have accelerometer data in a file and I want to be able to split it into 3 lists (one list containing all the X values, one for all the Ys, and one for all the Zs).

The file looks as follows:

0.34234
4.32423
0.3242
0.34322
4.232
0.3242

Where element 0 is X, element 1 is Y, element 2 is Z, element 3 is X and so on.

I'm trying to do it by banging the textfile object 3 times so it has 3 values in its list and then splitting these into 3 list objects using

twice (the left inlet of the first one going to X list, the other 2 values going into the next and then the left of that going into Y list and the middle going into Z list).

I then clear the textfile with [clear( and bang it again 3 times and so on.

This doesn't seem to be working quite correctly and I think it is quite a convoluted way to do quite a simple task (well a simple task if I was coding in C or something).

Does anyone have any ideas of an easier way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

use until to repeatedly bang the [textfile], and use the right outlet of the [textfile] to stop until when the file ends (by patching it to until's right inlet)

how I would do it:
make a cyclic counter that repeatedly goes from 0 to 2. (initialize to 0 first before reading the file each time) for each value in the text file,

the value with the current number of the counter and then increment the counter. (value of counter first in list, value 2nd) make a [route 0 1 2] object to route the output of the counter (the new list) into 3 other lists (the output). you can make a list accumulator by using a object with a [trigger list] to send itself to its own right inlet
however with only three values your way seems to be just as easy