[PD] tutorial

[Andrea Valle]

Hi to all,
I was aking myself: is there on line a real PD tutorial for dummies? I mean,
something like: "now, let's play a sound file"...
thanks to all

-a-




-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: pd-list-admin at iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin at iem.at]Per conto di
Miller Puckette
Inviato: martedi 24 giugno 2003 8.59
A: f:o
Cc: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
Oggetto: Re: [PD] error while reading filename from textfile


Try making the message box (that says "symbol $1") into an object
box, just "symbol".  This converts the selector of the message
coming from textfile into a message with one symbol argument, which
is what makefilename needs.

cheers
Miller

On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:41:20AM +0200, f:o wrote:
> hi list
>
> I'm trying to read a filename from a textfile list.
>
> I got the filename in pd but if I like to get this filename in a
messagebox
> with $1, pd got an error:
>
> > error: $1: argument number out of range
>
> trying to get the filename in makesymbol or makefilename:
> > error: makesymbol: no method for 'filename.blah'
>
> maybe someone can tell me, why this doesn't work and  what would be a
> working solution.
>
> thanx a lot
> philipp
>
> part of my patch that does not work:
>
> ______
> |bang(
> ------
>  |
> __________
> |textfile|
> ----------
>  |
> ___________
> |symbol $1(
> -----------
>  |
> ______________________
> |makefilename path/%s{
> ----------------------
>
>
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