[PD] testing for a blank symbol

[Miller Puckette]

Yes, I do it all the time (Frank Zappa refernce)...

loadbang the message "symbol" into "sel symbol"'s right inlet.  It becomes
a null-symbol selector.

cheers
M

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:35:36PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>  
> Anyone have any clever ideas for testing for a blank symbol using only 
> objects in Miller's Pd?  This generates a blank symbol, if its not 
> clear what I am talking about: 
> 
> [bang( 
> | 
> [symbol] 
> | 
> ... 
> 
> I want to filter out blank symbols from a stream of incoming symbols. 
> 
> .hc 
> 
> 
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