Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:

Hello all,

I'm trying to get a simple command - value relationship to work in PD with difficulty. Basically I want a message to have a simple syntax like R 10 which would set the red value of an object to 10. So basically I wanted to use a route to sort the messages according to the first symbol "R" for example. So I have a pack s f which I take it should pack the "R" and the value into one list. problem is that when I put a "print" on the output, rather than getting "R 10" I get "list R 10". Seems to me I'm missing some vital logic about symbols..

Any help would be appriciated.

hi !

simple solution: use messages instead of [pack]

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|R $1(

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better solution (to change the identifier dynamically)

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|pack s f

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|route list|

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mfg.cds.vfs IOhannes

(Oh course I could use other floats as the "commands") but that would be a lot less readable. "0 10" )

Thanks Ben

B. Bogart