Plus you can use that string format directly with Martin Peach's network objects, AFAIK.

.hc

On Dec 16, 2006, at 7:16 AM, padawan12 wrote:


Thanks Hans and IOhan, I think Bryans offering covers most
of what is needed, adequate to muddle by until such time when we
have real strings.

Andy


On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:41:03 -0500
Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


You can do a fair amount of string handling with [list2symbol] and
things like that.  But yes, it leaves a lot to be desired.  Bryan
Jurish has taken a different approach, which is to use lists of bytes
to represent strings.  Might be worth checking out.

.hc

On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:06 AM, padawan12 wrote:

A new and keen developer on the forums has asked - "What about text
processing
in Pd?" to which I replied "Pd doesn't do strings".
I tie myself in knots trying string-like operations sometimes :),
so I know
its a can of worms, but what are the fundamental limitations
surrounding symbol.
How do we deal with EOL or NULL and so on, and what about encoding?
Did I hear
a rumour that better string handling is chalked in for Pd soon? An
alphanumeric
sort, maybe even a [grep] or [sed]? What would be the best way to
introduce the
concept of strings to Pd in a consistent and robust way. I see them
as lists of
symbols without any need for a new type but right now there are
pieces of the
jigsaw missing. Sorry so many questions, but it's bugging me today.
a.


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