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ConstantCHOP
A Constant CHOP with typed values: numbers, toggles, tuples, text, paths or operator references, each promoted as a property you can read and set from Python, and a snap from its input. An alternative for the Constant CHOP.
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Where it appears
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- OP Create menu entryposition 0
What it is
ConstantCHOP holds a list of named values, like the Constant CHOP, and gives the values a type. Pick a Type and every constant becomes a float, an integer, a toggle, a four-value tuple such as XYZW or RGBA, a string, a file or folder path, or a reference to an operator. Numbers, toggles and tuples come out as channels; text, paths and references come out as a table.
With Promote to Property on, each constant is also a property on the node: op('ConstantCHOP').Speed reads and sets the constant named speed, and Speed_out reads what the node outputs. A prefix keeps those names clear of anything else on the COMP.
Snap Input takes whatever is wired in and turns it into constants, one per channel, named and valued from it. Switching Type keeps each value wherever it converts.
It is the alternative for the Constant CHOP: create a Constant CHOP with the alternatives shortcut held and ConstantCHOP is offered in its place. It is also a member of the FNS operator family: pick it from the FNS tab of the OP Create dialog and it lands as one node.
Input and outputs
- in1 (CHOP): optional; the channels Snap Input copies from.
- out1 (CHOP): the numeric constants as channels.
- out2 (DAT): every constant as a table of names and values.
Parameters
Constant
| Control | Type / default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
TypeType |
menuFloat | The kind of value every constant holds. Numbers, toggles and tuples come out of the CHOP output; text, paths and operator references come out of the DAT output. Switching keeps each value where it converts. |
ConstantConstant |
sequence0 | One block per constant: add or remove blocks here. |
NameConstant0name |
textempty | The channel name, and the property name when Promote to Property is on. |
ValueConstant0value |
number0 | The constant's value. |
Common
| Control | Type / default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Snap InputSnapinput |
button | Replace the constants with the channels wired into the input: one block per channel, named and valued from it. Float and Int only. |
Promote to PropertyPromote |
on / offon | Expose each constant as a property on this COMP, so op(...).Name reads and sets its value and Name_out reads the output. |
| To get/set values as .{prefix}{name} | ||
Property PrefixPrefix |
textC_ | Put in front of every property name, to keep them clear of other names on the COMP. |
| Author: Function Store (@function.str) | ||