[PD] variable typeof (WAS: creation time AND local variables in the same abstraction).

I solved the problem I had storing the creation arguemet in an object. Then I packed the creation argument with the variable I got from the openpanel and send the list to the message I wanted to fill with the two variables.

What I noticed was that if I have a float for a creation arguement, I couldn't store it, because I had a [symbol $1] object waiting to store the $1-creation argument and that couldn't be created (it had a dicontinuous sqare).

Is there a way to know the type of the creation argument so that you can call an abstraction with any type of arguement you want, or is it a good tactic to put a [float $1] and a [symbol $1] waiting to store the argument so that you don't care if one of these fail to be created?

Regards,

Tasos

Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org ÝãñÑøΓ₯: Hallo, Tas Pas hat gesagt: // Tas Pas wrote:

I have a [soundfiler] object which needs two arguements: the sample name and the array to load the sample to.

Ah, I had overlooked your attachements. There you test a lot of different things, which is a very good thing to do. To help you understand what's going on a bit:

If you have an abstraction, in your case "vars2.pd" and if you use this as [vars2 one], then every occurence of $1 at the start of a word inside every *object box* of vars2.pd will be replaced by "one", the first argument. So for example an object [table $1] will create a table called "one". In fact you can see the [table $1] as if you would have written [table one] in this case. An object [$1] will make Pd try to create an object called [one] which probably will be an unknown object and generate an error.

It is important to note, that only real *objects* are handled like this: the things you create with Put->Object, which I like to write as [object] in square brackets.

Occurences of $1 in *messages* like [a message with $1( are *not* replaced with the creation argument "one"! This is very important.

Dollars in message boxes are only replaced by something else, if this message box receives a message. How to replace the dollar-variable depends on the *incoming message* not on the abstraction's creation arguments. Sending a message "123" to the message from above will always make it send along "a message with 123", regardless of what else is going on in your patch.

Ciao

Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__

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