Thomas O Fredericks wrote: >The help is in moocow/pdstring-help.pd
It's not there in the autobuilt Pd version 0.40.3-extended-20070905 even though any2string is there in extra/flatspace, but I found it in cvs. I'll see if I can do the webserver with it. Martin > >Tom > > >On 10/18/07, Martin Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thomas O Fredericks wrote: > > > > >What is the difference between [str] and [any2string]? > > > > I don't know. I can't find the help file for [any2string] so I don't >know > > how to use it. Maybe I have to look at the source code? > > > > >If I understand correctly str is a wrapper for standard string >functions > > >and > > >it's output is a pointer to a string. > > > > More or less true. There are also functions to output the string as >bytes > > or > > symbols. > > > > >I believe this approach is more limited that using any2string because >all > > >basic string functions can be recreated once a symbol is converted to a > > >series of bytes. For example, to split a string along a space character > > you > > >can use [list split 32], but with the [str] architecture, you need to >use > > >[str csplit 32]. > > > > That's one more character to type ;) > > If the web page patch could be done with [any2string] and [list] then > > sure. > > When I did the string stuff I was not aware of any other way of > > manipulating > > arbitrary lists of bytes. Pd tries to interpret anything you type and >some > > characters don't get through unmangled. Even with the [str] object you > > have > > to specify them by ascii code. > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list