[PD] multiple variables

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 6/8/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Kevin McCoy hat gesagt: // Kevin McCoy wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to modify the wavetables in the audio examples with a message box
> > that will include the cosinesum argument with 7 variables for its
> > parameters, rather than "set" integers.  I've been trying to figure out how
> > to work with more than one variable at a time - how is this accomplished in
> > Pd?
> >
> > I'm essentially trying to define  randomly generated variables that I can
> > then use to modify the wavetable.  $1 in the message box works fine, but I
> > need more than one variable for the list of parameters in cosinesum.
> > Trying to have $2, $3, $4, etc just gives error messages.
>
> What kind of error messages do you get? Using $2 $3 $4 ... in message
> boxes works fine, but you need to send a list into this message box.
> You can create such a list with [pack 0 0 0 0 ...].
>
> So for example this should work:
>
>  [nbx] [nbx] [nbx] [nbx]
>  |     |     |    /
>  [pack 0  0  0  0]
>  |
>  [whatever $1 $2 $3 and $4(
>  |
>  ...
>
> See section 2.6.5 "dollar signs" of the Pd manual for the gory
> details: http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/x2.htm#s6.5 and
> the help patch: doc/2.control.examples/14.dollarsigns.pd
>
> Ciao
> --
>  Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
>

Or this so it only sends when you explicitly tell it.

[bang(
|  [nbx]
|  |
[f ] [nbx] [nbx] [nbx]
|     |     |    /
[pack 0  0  0  0]
|
[whatever $1 $2 $3 and $4(
|