[PD] minus; bug or feature?

[Andre Schmidt]

hey, thats exactly what i wanted/looked for... ist gekauft :)

many thanx 2 @ frank about the [t b f] tip...

cheers
-andre

----- Original Message -----
From: "Olaf Matthes" <olaf.matthes at gmx.de>
To: "Andre Schmidt" <andre at vju.info>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] minus; bug or feature?


> Hi Andre,
>
> attached you can find my 'minus' object which is similar to '-', but: the
> results gets calculated even when the right inlet changes and one can
specify
> two creation arguments (the initial values for left and right inlet).
Maybe this
> helps to make live easier...
>
> Olaf
>
> Andre Schmidt schrieb:
>
> > uuuups, (how stupid from me)
> > yep, i calculated wrong way :)
> >
> > but i wanted to subtract x from y (x = dynamic, y = static) so i had to
bang
> > y every time x changes to get result... or (what i now use, THNX) just
> > multiply with -1 (so i dont need to bang y)
> >
> > -andre
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <zmoelnig at iem.kug.ac.at>
> > To: "Andre Schmidt" <andre at vju.info>
> > Cc: "PD-LiST" <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PD] minus; bug or feature?
> >
> > > Andre Schmidt wrote:
> > > > [win32 pd0.35-17]
> > >
> > > ok. hit me if i am very wrong, but i guess this is not related to the
> > > pd-release.... (my assumptions sounds arrogant to me, though)
> > >
> > >
> > > > when i calc with object "+" (like 54 + 10 i get 64)
> > > > but when i calc with object "-" (like 54 - 10 i get -44)
> > >
> > > well, this looks to me, like you were not calculating "54-10" but
"10-54".
> > > The order does not matter when adding (a+b=b+a), but it does matter
when
> > > subtracting (a-b != b-a)
> > > How does your patch look ?
> > >
> > > The following calculates 44 for me::
> > > =---   =---
> > > |54(   |10(
> > > =---   =---
> > > |      |
> > > =------=
> > > | -    |
> > > =-------
> > > |
> > > =-----\
> > > |44    |
> > > =-------
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > so the calc is OK, but it puts a "minus"(-) in front of the number
?!?!
> > > > if this a feature; how can i "take" that minus away ???
> > > eg by multiplying with "-1" or by reversing the order....
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > thnx
> > > >
> > > > -andre
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>