[PD] Letter -> Number

[David F. Place]

On Feb 12, 2008, at 11:51 PM, marius schebella wrote:

> you could use msgfile from zexy and write your transaltions into a  
> textfile
> a 1;
> b 2;
> c 3;
> ...
> and then
> [r letter]
>  |
> [rewind, find $1(
>  |
> [msgfile]
>  |
> [$2(
>  |
> [s number]
>
> pool (thomas grill) also has dictionary lookup features. but I am  
> not sure if any of these solutions is more elegant then select, and  
> select is quite fast. how many letters do you have?
> marius.

Thanks.  I prefer to stick with vanilla Pd to make it easier to  
port.  Select will certainly work.  I have to translate 50 letters  
('I' is never used as a rehearsal letter), so it is quite an ugly patch.

>
> David F. Place wrote:
>> Dear Pd Friends:
>> I need to create a mapping from letters into numbers:
>> (A->1,a->1,B->2,b->2,...)
>> I want to be able to enter a letter into a symbol box and  
>> translate  it to the number.   This will allow me to enter  
>> rehearsal letters  from parts that cue up a sequence to the right  
>> spot.   I can think of  very unattractive ways to do this in Pd  
>> using select.   Is there an  elegant way?
>> Best Wishes,
>> David
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