[PD-dev] strings
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Fri Dec 15 23:41:03 CET 2006
You can do a fair amount of string handling with [list2symbol] and
things like that. But yes, it leaves a lot to be desired. Bryan
Jurish has taken a different approach, which is to use lists of bytes
to represent strings. Might be worth checking out.
.hc
On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:06 AM, padawan12 wrote:
> A new and keen developer on the forums has asked - "What about text
> processing
> in Pd?" to which I replied "Pd doesn't do strings".
> I tie myself in knots trying string-like operations sometimes :),
> so I know
> its a can of worms, but what are the fundamental limitations
> surrounding symbol.
> How do we deal with EOL or NULL and so on, and what about encoding?
> Did I hear
> a rumour that better string handling is chalked in for Pd soon? An
> alphanumeric
> sort, maybe even a [grep] or [sed]? What would be the best way to
> introduce the
> concept of strings to Pd in a consistent and robust way. I see them
> as lists of
> symbols without any need for a new type but right now there are
> pieces of the
> jigsaw missing. Sorry so many questions, but it's bugging me today.
> a.
>
>
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