Attached, two abstractions that can help. Feel free to modify. Tom
On 10/18/07, Martin Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [email protected] mailing list > > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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