[PD] nubile young pd question

[Frank Barknecht]

Hi,
star morin hat gesagt: // star morin wrote:

> hi all.  i'm fairly new to pd, and have a question along those lines:
> 
> i've created a 2 inlet sub patch called [vari-meter] to handle drawing
> of arrays (or a metronomicly refreshed tablewrite~ for the pendants :^).
> inlet 1 for signal, and inlet 2 for refresh speed. so far so good - it
> works.  
> 
> i'd like to make the array name an argument to the patch to make it an
> abstract, but can't figure out how to pass it. 
>  
> i've tried: [tablewrite~ $1] with a create of [vari-meter arrayname],
> but $1 is null.  after reading some more of the docs, and it seems that
> arguments given to abstracts are 'create parameters' - how do i access
> these in a sub patch?

You can't! Subpatches - as in [pd vari-meter] - are an almost
fullblown part of the surrounding patch, they just aren't visible (and
might differ in blocksize).

Abstractions on the other hand - patches, that were saved standalone
like in [vari-meter]  - accept the $1,... creation arguments. 

Attached are examples for both. Open the main.pd patch.

ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__
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#N canvas 162 146 542 348 10;
#X obj 242 156 abstraction theDollarName;
#N canvas 0 0 450 300 subpatch 0;
#X obj 71 86 inlet;
#X obj 71 124 t b;
#X obj 71 156 symbol \$1;
#X obj 71 190 print SubPatchCalled;
#X connect 0 0 1 0;
#X connect 1 0 2 0;
#X connect 2 0 3 0;
#X restore 241 212 pd subpatch theDollarName;
#X obj 177 96 bng 32 250 50 0 empty empty Bang_This_And_Watch_Console
-18 -6 0 8 -260818 -1 -1;
#X connect 2 0 0 0;
#X connect 2 0 1 0;
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#N canvas 308 200 450 300 10;
#X obj 71 86 inlet;
#X obj 71 132 t b;
#X obj 71 164 symbol \$1;
#X obj 71 198 print Abstraction_Called;
#X connect 0 0 1 0;
#X connect 1 0 2 0;
#X connect 2 0 3 0;