[PD] find array

[Roman Haefeli]

On Thu, 2016-08-25 at 12:03 +0000, Liam Goodacre wrote:
> Is there any way of querying PD to find out if a given array exists?
> I'm thinking of a dynamic patching command that says "if this array
> doesn't already exist, then create it". Unfortunately, the "multiple
> array defined" message prints to the console, not an individual
> object. 


If you don't mind causing an error message to the Pd window, you can
request something from the table and see whether you get something at
all. For instance, you can set [array size] to the table you want to
check its existence and send it a bang. When it outputs a number, the
table exists, when it outputs nothing (and prints an error to Pd
window), it does not exist.

Roman
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