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Sorry this might be a newbie question - im coming from a programmer background but im still making rookie steps in maxforlive and struggling with something that is probably easy to solve.

I would like to change the second value of a list item based on a condition and then output that modified list to the next object. the input value to the if-object is the control change from the midiparse object: control change (controller number, value).

I would like to modify the value for a specific controller number.

i tried something like this but it fails:
and then output $i1 & $i2 as a list.

format it this way:
if $i1==10 then $i2 50

thanks, first problem solved!

can i do in max for live

Yep.
When in doubt about an object, do a a alt+click on it and it'll open its help window with examples.

thanks for your reply. sorry but i can't get it working

this one seems not correct syntax
it either outputs 127 or the complete code that comes after the first else as plain text

Oh sorry, I didn't understand you...
No you can't have a "else if" like this, just put "else", but I'm not in front of max atm and I always forgot the subtleties of this object so I'm not 100% sure. But as I said, alt+click the [if] object and you'll find your answer in the help patcher.

ok - thanks alot!

hello

[clip 0 127] is your friend here

And for simple 'if' statements, you can use the [select] object. For example, [select 127] instead of [if $1 == 127]. The left outlet is the 'then', the right one the 'else'.