[PD] little little ask:

nico sl1200mk2 at free.fr
Sat Jun 18 02:10:59 CEST 2005


hi
you're right it works with tosymbol
i didn't knew this function in tosymbol

it's not fun to formate the lists, but it works and is usefull for me

many thanks

ps: does [tot] is a tcl command interpreter
because [expr double(arg)] would do the job

nico
>> how to get number in the format:
>> 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 ...... 0.9 1.0 1.1.......
>> and not
>> 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 ...... 0.9 1 1.1 1.2
>
> since sprintf's "symout" option has been broken in max for many
> years (still was so last time I checked), cyclone's sprintf works
> only in the `reparsing' mode.  So, a '0.0', being a valid float
> rep, is reparsed to a float.  In order to block reparsing, maxers
> are left with a workaround of using a tosymbol instread, initiated
> by a 'separator' message.  The formatting above should work with
> cyclone's tosymbol initiated by 'separator .' and driven by '0 0',
> '0 1'... lists.
>
> The same should work with zexy's l2s.  The makesymbol is zexy's
> [sprintf symout]-alike, though...
>
> Krzysztof
>






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