hi you're right it works with tosymbol i didn't knew this function in tosymbol
it's not fun to formate the lists, but it works and is usefull for me
many thanks
ps: does [tot] is a tcl command interpreter because [expr double(arg)] would do the job
nico
how to get number in the format: 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 ...... 0.9 1.0 1.1....... and not 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 ...... 0.9 1 1.1 1.2
since sprintf's "symout" option has been broken in max for many years (still was so last time I checked), cyclone's sprintf works only in the `reparsing' mode. So, a '0.0', being a valid float rep, is reparsed to a float. In order to block reparsing, maxers are left with a workaround of using a tosymbol instread, initiated by a 'separator' message. The formatting above should work with cyclone's tosymbol initiated by 'separator .' and driven by '0 0', '0 1'... lists.
The same should work with zexy's l2s. The makesymbol is zexy's [sprintf symout]-alike, though...
Krzysztof