With both solutions the $ in the created arrays are escaped like [array define \$0-snd0] and cannot be accessed by [array get $0-snd0].
On 05/15/2018 02:22 PM, Christof Ressi wrote: > sorry, I think I misread your question. for what you want Jack's solution is > right. mine is for dynamically creating patch *files*. > >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 um 14:09 Uhr >> Von: "Christof Ressi" <[email protected]> >> An: "Roman Haefeli" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [PD] Escaping/not resolving dollar argts in msgs/objects? >> >>> [obj 20 20 array define $$1-snd0] >> >> this only works as long as you don't save and reopen the patch, where "$$1" >> will become "$\$1" (which is resolved to "$\\$1" instead of "\\$1"). >> >> this should do the trick: [0( --> [makefilename $%d] --> [;pd-mysubpatch obj >> 0 0 array define $1-snd0( >> >> one case where this is necessary is when you dynamically create pd patch >> files which take creation arguments or need $0-symbols. >> >> Christof >> >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 um 13:52 Uhr >>> Von: "Roman Haefeli" <[email protected]> >>> An: [email protected] >>> Betreff: Re: [PD] Escaping/not resolving dollar argts in msgs/objects? >>> >>> On Tue, 2018-05-15 at 04:15 -0700, Derek Kwan wrote: >>>> Hello list, >>>> >>>> Perhaps a bit of a long shot and pretty much the exact opposite of >>>> the $0 >>>> in messages conversations as of late: Is there a way to NOT resolve >>>> dollar arguments in messages and/or objects? >>> >>> I think you cannot dynamically disable the resolution of dollar >>> symbols. >>> >>>> Example case: Lately for a project I've wanted to create vast swaths >>>> of >>>> [array define]s and I've done so with dynamic patching. Since I want >>>> their bound symbols to be something like "$0-snd0", "$0-snd1" >>>> $0"-snd2"... "$0-snd50", I DON'T want dollar arguments (particularly >>>> the >>>> $0) to resolve to anything >>> >>> Do I understand correctly that you want to be able to create those >>> objects containing literal '$0'? >>> >>> You can "trick" Pd into creating a symbol that itself has a dollar >>> variable: >>> >>> [0 ( >>> | >>> [obj 20 20 array define $$1-snd0] >>> | >>> [s canvas] >>> >>>> . Similarly, I store filepath + array symbol >>>> pairs in texts to do a big load at the beginning and for right now >>>> and >>>> can always add the $0-bit via passing that symbol through a >>>> [makefilename], but I'm wondering if I can pass $0s unresolved into a >>>> text without having to manually type it in via the popup window. >>> >>> You could use the same trick. >>> >>>> Of course I can always edit the patch in emacs/vim and do a >>>> search/replace, but I'm looking for an in-Pd solutions... Also for >>>> the >>>> array business I suppose I could do that via [clone], but that >>>> situation >>>> doesn't seem ideal either... >>> >>> I was just wondering why I haven't ever experienced the same need for >>> literal dollar symbols in my patching career and realized that I never >>> save dynamically created stuff. I rather let the dynamic stuff be >>> created each time I load the patch. This way all dollar variables >>> resolve to the currently correct value and I never bothered to use >>> literal dollar signs in dynamic patching. Maybe I'm not fully >>> understanding your case, but I can't see how having dynamically >>> generated '$0' is useful in any way. Either you create all dynamic >>> stuff from scratch, then you can as well use the value of $0 or you're >>> saving stuff for later, but why do you need $0 then? Don't you rather >>> want something fixed/controllable, that evaluates to the same value on >>> each run? >>> >>> Roman >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >>> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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