[PD] zexy questions (matrix stuff) & other

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

yasmin ahmad wrote:
> Hi list,

hi

> 
> General question:
> A number of gurus have mentioned using the -verbose option to keep track of what goes wrong. How do I put this in the .bat file used to start pd?

by adding the "-verbose" literal after the pd-command.
it should look somehow like
"C:\pd\bin\pd.exe -verbose -path /super/dooper/ -lib zexy "
(me, blushing about zexy)

> 
> Next, I'm getting to know the zexy matrix functions and I have a couple of questions:
> 
> 1. I can't seem to extract the value of just one element in a matrix other than using a static message eg. [element 4 3( .
>    How can I just get one element dynamically?

by using dynamic messages as is shown in 
doc/2.control.examples/14.dollarsigns.pd

basically it is like

|
[pack]
|    |
[element $1 $2(
|
[mtx]
|

> 
> 2. Is there a limit to the dimensions of a matrix? 

none that i know of,
the only limitation should be your computer's RAM (and note that pd is 
rather inefficient in terms of memory)


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