sorry, I think I misread your question. for what you want Jack's solution is right. mine is for dynamically creating patch *files*.
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 um 14:09 Uhr > Von: "Christof Ressi" <christof.re...@gmx.at> > An: "Roman Haefeli" <reduz...@gmail.com> > Cc: pd-list@lists.iem.at > Betreff: Re: [PD] Escaping/not resolving dollar argts in msgs/objects? > > > [obj 20 20 array define $$1-snd0] > > this only works as long as you don't save and reopen the patch, where "$$1" > will become "$\$1" (which is resolved to "$\\$1" instead of "\\$1"). > > this should do the trick: [0( --> [makefilename $%d] --> [;pd-mysubpatch obj > 0 0 array define $1-snd0( > > one case where this is necessary is when you dynamically create pd patch > files which take creation arguments or need $0-symbols. > > Christof > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 um 13:52 Uhr > > Von: "Roman Haefeli" <reduz...@gmail.com> > > An: pd-list@lists.iem.at > > Betreff: Re: [PD] Escaping/not resolving dollar argts in msgs/objects? > > > > On Tue, 2018-05-15 at 04:15 -0700, Derek Kwan wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > Perhaps a bit of a long shot and pretty much the exact opposite of > > > the $0 > > > in messages conversations as of late: Is there a way to NOT resolve > > > dollar arguments in messages and/or objects? > > > > I think you cannot dynamically disable the resolution of dollar > > symbols. > > > > > Example case: Lately for a project I've wanted to create vast swaths > > > of > > > [array define]s and I've done so with dynamic patching. Since I want > > > their bound symbols to be something like "$0-snd0", "$0-snd1" > > > $0"-snd2"... "$0-snd50", I DON'T want dollar arguments (particularly > > > the > > > $0) to resolve to anything > > > > Do I understand correctly that you want to be able to create those > > objects containing literal '$0'? > > > > You can "trick" Pd into creating a symbol that itself has a dollar > > variable: > > > > [0 ( > > | > > [obj 20 20 array define $$1-snd0] > > | > > [s canvas] > > > > > . Similarly, I store filepath + array symbol > > > pairs in texts to do a big load at the beginning and for right now > > > and > > > can always add the $0-bit via passing that symbol through a > > > [makefilename], but I'm wondering if I can pass $0s unresolved into a > > > text without having to manually type it in via the popup window. > > > > You could use the same trick. > > > > > Of course I can always edit the patch in emacs/vim and do a > > > search/replace, but I'm looking for an in-Pd solutions... Also for > > > the > > > array business I suppose I could do that via [clone], but that > > > situation > > > doesn't seem ideal either... > > > > I was just wondering why I haven't ever experienced the same need for > > literal dollar symbols in my patching career and realized that I never > > save dynamically created stuff. I rather let the dynamic stuff be > > created each time I load the patch. This way all dollar variables > > resolve to the currently correct value and I never bothered to use > > literal dollar signs in dynamic patching. Maybe I'm not fully > > understanding your case, but I can't see how having dynamically > > generated '$0' is useful in any way. Either you create all dynamic > > stuff from scratch, then you can as well use the value of $0 or you're > > saving stuff for later, but why do you need $0 then? Don't you rather > > want something fixed/controllable, that evaluates to the same value on > > each run? > > > > Roman > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list