[PD-dev] strings

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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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