Introduction to MaxMSP: Packing and Unpacking Lists
This tutorial describes how to pack and unpack lists in MaxMSP. Unpacking a list simply breaks down that list into its individual component values. Unpacking a list allows us to use the values contained within that list individually, for example to control different things. Packing, on the other hand, involves taking several individual values and combining them into a single list. This is useful if we want to send a list to an object that expects to receive one.