gottlieb wrote:

dear List,

This is a pretty basic query, I think. I am trying to make a sample-scrambler where I can nbavigate through a large database of samples. I'm using soundfiler to load all the samples and tabplay~ . I named all the samples array# (array1,array2,etc) I am trying to use list to allow me to shift the numeric value at the end of

usually you don't do it like that.

the array message, but how can I get rid of the space between 'array' and the new number? Or, is there another way to do this?

several.

[makefilename array%d] will give what you asked for.

with older versions of pd (<0.40) you should probably use a naming scheme like 3array in order to be able to better modularize your patch. then you could construct the tablenames dynamically either with [makefilename %darray] or with [symbol $1array(, and you get the benefit of being able to easily expand the number of slots with stuff like [slot 3] which in turn calls [table $1array].

with newer versions of pd (>=0.40) you can also use $args within the symbols (e.g. [symbol array$1(

mfga.sdr IOhannes