Here's a note-off parser that would be harder to build without 'swap':

#N canvas 0 0 450 300 12; #X obj 144 79 swap; #X obj 144 103 pack; #X obj 144 50 notein; #X obj 144 130 route 0; #X floatatom 144 158 5 0 0; #X connect 0 0 1 0; #X connect 0 1 1 1; #X connect 1 0 3 0; #X connect 2 0 0 0; #X connect 2 1 0 1; #X connect 3 0 4 0;

... but yes, opportunities to use "swap" are rare

cheers Miller

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 06:23:34PM -0600, David Sabine wrote:

Hello all,

I'm looking for an interesting example of the [swap] object being used in a patch. I can't seem to find a single example of it being used in the PD documents (save for the reference file itself); and I've never had occasion to use it in my own patches.

Having said that, it must have been developed for a good reason and it must be useful in certain specific applications - but what applications?

I guess what I'm really asking is: has anybody discovered the unique beauty of [swap]? if so, I'd like to see how you used it.

Regards, Dave Sabine