[PD] $ expansion

[Frank Barknecht]

Hi,
Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu hat gesagt: // Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, CK wrote:
> 
> > I read:
> > > I'm puzzled because I only get the first dollar expanded while the second
> > > is considered as literal. For example I get things like
> >
> > from m_atom.c:
> >
> > > /* convert an atom into a string, in the reverse sense of binbuf_text (q.v.)
> > > * special attention is paid to symbols containing the special characters
> > > * ';', ',', '$', and '\'; these are quoted with a preceding '\', except that
> > > * the '$' only gets quoted at the beginning of the string.
> > > */
> 
> Ok, I was trying to use PD without looking at the internals... thanks.

It's also explained in the HTML-manual:

"""
2.6.5. dollar signs

In message or object boxes, message arguments starting with a dollar
sign and a number (like "$1" or "$3-bazoo") are variables which are
substituted with values supplied as part of the environment the
message is passed in. 
"""

Note the "starting with a dollar".

ciao
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