The help is in moocow/pdstring-help.pd Tom
On 10/18/07, Martin Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thomas O Fredericks wrote: > > >What is the difference between [str] and [any2string]? > > I don't know. I can't find the help file for [any2string] so I don't know > how to use it. Maybe I have to look at the source code? > > >If I understand correctly str is a wrapper for standard string functions > >and > >it's output is a pointer to a string. > > More or less true. There are also functions to output the string as bytes > or > symbols. > > >I believe this approach is more limited that using any2string because all > >basic string functions can be recreated once a symbol is converted to a > >series of bytes. For example, to split a string along a space character > you > >can use [list split 32], but with the [str] architecture, you need to use > >[str csplit 32]. > > That's one more character to type ;) > If the web page patch could be done with [any2string] and [list] then > sure. > When I did the string stuff I was not aware of any other way of > manipulating > arbitrary lists of bytes. Pd tries to interpret anything you type and some > characters don't get through unmangled. Even with the [str] object you > have > to specify them by ascii code. > > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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