[PD] String editing

[Thomas Sivertsen]

Frank Barknecht wrote:

>>I was wondering if there is a possibility in PD to parse a message like
>>"symbol /home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov" and then remove the "symbol"
>>within that string? 
>>
>>Something like:
>>
>>[symbol /home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov]   <-- messagebox
>>    
>>
>    | 
>    [route symbol]
>    |
>  
>
Aha! That is probably the simplest method.

>>[prepend read /home/thomas/qt/regnbueromskip.mov] <-- prepend object
>>    
>>
>Use the first outlet of the route object. You can also use the second
>as well, if your don't know for sure, that the filename has a symbol
>in front. [route] will route everything, that doesn't match, to the
>second outlet.
>  
>
Just like in Max, yes. It's been a while since I made any patches...

Thanks a lot!

    .thomas