if you query the button's values, it appears to only return a single int, and that int is the added results of all the pressed buttons.

for example:
none pressed = 0
button1 = 1
button2 = 2
button3 = 4
button4 = 8
button1 + button4 = 9
button2 + button3 + button4 = 14

i can't imagine putting in a gazillion if statements for all the possible numbers that could indicate if button2 was currently pressed, so i wonder if i'm missing something about this.

the query is this:
ch("../null1/Masks")

i've tried other ways of querying the value in an array or dict manner but all failed...

but no way can a multiple choice button be this difficult to use....!?

thanks in advance!
-seneca

multichoice buttonstrips or iconstrips are represented as bitfield
use bittest() to check which bit is on
it will return 1 if the bit in question is on and 0 if off (meaning if the button is on or off)

to check if first button (0) is on do: second button (1): third button (2): fourth button (3): fifth button (4): ...

thank you so much! i knew there had to be a sane way to query their values. i wish this stuff was easier to find in the docs.

hmm. how would you use this in a gui's HIDE WHEN field ?

this doesn't appear to work :

{ bittest(cow,0) == 1 }

indigosm
hmm. how would you use this in a gui's HIDE WHEN field ?

this doesn't appear to work :

{ bittest(cow,0) == 1 }

5 years later and i ran into the same issue. based on my readings, It seems like the field just doesn't support bittest()function.I solved it by creating one with a proxy parameter. hope it helps! (and anyone who came across this in the future)

here's a gif on how I did it:
https://i.imgur.com/Ic0j68Q.gif [i.imgur.com]

Irene_Howard
query the button's values, it appears to only return a single int, and that int is the added results of all the pressed buttons.

awesome! now if only i could remember what tool i was using a button strip in..... hahaha.