[PD] makefilename multiple substitutions

[Max]

OK, got it. It's not shaving off one % per depth, it actually removing 
every other % on each iteration, so the # of escaping symbols (%) grows 
exponentially.
Maybe should lower my screen resolution to see the number of %%%%%% 
symbols more clearly.


On 15.11.21 01:22, Max wrote:
> No the help patch is perfectly clear but it only works two depth levels 
> Pd version 0.52.0-test1
> 
> 
> On 15.11.21 00:56, Christof Ressi wrote:
>> You have to escape *each* "%" with a leading "%", so your format 
>> string should be "%%%%02d:%%02d:%02d"
>>
>> The help patch actually shows this:
>>
>>> "%%%%" becomes "%%" and so on
>> Maybe the wording is not clear enough, though?
>>
>> Christof
>>
>> On 14.11.2021 23:55, Max wrote:
>>> hi list,
>>>
>>> The helpfile for makefilename has a subpatch "multiple substitutions" 
>>> in which it says:
>>>
>>> You can connect two or more objects for multiple substitutions. For 
>>> that, you need to use a literal '%' to set the format string of 
>>> another makefilename object.
>>> LITERAL %: You can format a string with a literal '%' if you escape 
>>> it with another '%' (where "%%" becomes "%", "%%%%" becomes "%%" and 
>>> so on)
>>>
>>> however, just a depth of two substitutions is in the example. I 
>>> extended this to three and got the error:
>>>
>>> makefilename: invalid format string '%%%02d:%%02d:%02d' (too many 
>>> format specifiers)
>>>
>>> (Yes you guessed right, trying to generate SMPTE from milliseconds)
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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