[PD] String editing

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Thomas Sivertsen wrote:
> cyrille henry wrote:
> 
>> hello,
>>
>>
>> [symbol /home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov]
>>  |
>> [read $1 <
>>  |
> 
> 
> Aha! Thanks a lot! I will try this when I get back to my other laptop...
> 
> But I'm still wondering about the string-thing. Like, how to divide 
> "symbol /home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov" into separate outlets by 
> space and "/". Anybody know a quickie?
> 

don't know exactly what you need.
the first part of the message (e.g.: "symbol" or "read") is "special" as 
it defines the content of the rest of the list (it is a so called 
"selector" while the rest is a list of "atom"s)

spaces are used to separate atoms from each other.
to get individual atoms out of a list, either use [unpack] or [$2(, [$3(,...
(note that you cannot get the selector with [$0( or whatever)

to parse a symbol like "/home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov" into a list 
"home thomas qt regnbueromskip.mov" you could use [s2l] (zexy)


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