On 2020-10-01 08:44, jayrope wrote: > Thank you Hans and Matt, > > Hans, nice workaround, I'll surely stick to this. Thank you.
i don't think this is a workaround. it's rather the ideal solution, as it stays within the domain of numbers, and doesn't require re-parsing the string (which is a costly operation). > > Matt, regarding banging the message: this unfortunately leads to the > following object, for instance a float, reporting > float: no method for '12' (i. e. no method for '<value>'). use a symbol, not a selector (and make sure you are using Pd>=0.48) matt's `[set $1$2, bang(` construct is really only useful if you want to send the data to a messagebox (but why would you want to do that?) this should just workâ˘: [3.1 415( | [pack 0 0] | [symbol $1$2( | [float] | |3.1415\ but again, this is much more expensive than the solution proposed by hans. gfmadrs IOhannes _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list