[PD] ok a stupid question

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Also, it sounds like you are coming from a standard programming 
background.  Pd works differently, so you don't really think about 
variables so much, but rather messages and how they flow.

Here's a quick summary of $ vars:

- In an object box, $ vars represent the creation arguments of that 
patch.  (You can see the creation arguments at the top of the patch's 
window, next to its filename)

- In a message box, $ var represent the elements of a list that that 
message box receives.

But yeah, you should read or reread those docs.

.hc

On Tuesday, Mar 16, 2004, at 12:51 America/New_York, Josh Steiner wrote:

> i dont think you quite understand $'s yet, you should go reread 
> 14.dollarsigns.pd and /pd/doc/1.manual/x2.htm#s6.5 again
>
> -josh
>
> Adrian deCleir wrote:
>
>> this is a real beginner question but i cant see it in the help files
>>
>> to creat a symbol I make message box and write      (symbol 123456)
>> By doing this, $1 represents 123456 anywhere in my programme
>>
>> so how do I make a new variable??
>> As in how can I have maybe $2(or anything) represent a new number like
>> 56789?
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