cleaned up a number of patches; renamed all to the standard -help.pd format; added some more ideas to the style guide; finished up lists_vs_anythings

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+#X msg 304 402 42 7;

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+#X msg 128 373 bang;

+#X obj 46 18 float;

+#X obj 492 17 f;

+#X text 111 18 - STORE A FLOATING POINT NUMBER - abbreviation:;

+#X msg 249 402 7 3 4;

+#X obj 369 436 f;

+#X obj 128 397 float 7;

+#X text 113 484 doc/2.control.examples/sendnumber.pd;

+#X text 371 358 Tip: Shift+drag;

+#X text 37 44 INLETS:;

+#X text 37 59 - LEFT:;

+#X text 104 59 Float - A float at the left inlet will update the stored

+value of the object and will send the number immediately to the outlet.

+;

+#X text 104 114 Bang - A bang at the left inlet will force [float]

+to send its value to the outlet.;

+#X text 104 152 List - A list at the left inlet will be truncated to

+include only the first element. The first element in the list will

+update the stored value of the object and will send the number immediately

+to the outlet.;

+#X text 29 220 - RIGHT:;

+#X text 105 220 Float - A float at the right inlet is stored for later

+use. It will be sent to the left outlet when a float or bang is received

+in the left inlet.;

+#X text 29 324 OUTLETS:;

+#X text 13 272 ARGUMENTS:;

+#X text 20 354 EXAMPLES:;

+#X text 22 484 SEE ALSO:;

+#X text 104 272 One - [float] accepts a single float as a creation

+argument which initializes the first value to be sent out the left

+outlet.;

+#X text 104 325 One - outputs the stored floating point value of the

+object.;

+#X text 249 384 lists;

+#X text 106 355 creation argument;

+#N canvas 58 0 401 250 Related_Objects 0;

+#X text 25 11 Native Pd Objects;

+#X text 23 92 Externals and other object libraries;

+#X obj 42 48 int;

+#X obj 109 48 symbol;

+#X text 36 126 [randomF];

+#X restore 114 508 pd Related_Objects;

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+#X text 43 24 All numbers in Pd are kept in 32-bit floating point and

+can represent real numbers between -8 \, 388608 and 8.388.608.00;

+#X text 11 78 WHAT IS A FLOATING POINT NUMBER?;

+#X text 41 267 The following are examples of floating point numbers:

+;

+#X text 61 293 3;

+#X text 62 334 -111.5;

+#X text 61 313 0.5;

+#X text 40 387 3e-005 : This example is a computer shorthand for scientific

+notation. It means 3*10-5 (or 10 to the negative 5th power multiplied

+by 3).;

+#X text 41 108 According to Webopedia.com \, "computers are integer

+machines and are capable of representing real numbers only by using

+complex codes." Hence \, real numbers must be 'approximated' by computers

+using the "floating point standard". In such a number \, the decimal

+point can "float" meaning that there is no fixed number of digits preceding

+or following the decimal. A floating point number is therefore a computer's

+approximation of a real number.;

+#X text 43 453 Interesting side-note: In the early 1990's \, the Intel

+80486 was shipped with a math coprocessor to help accelerate the process

+of computing floating point numbers (which previously required a considerable

+amount of CPU power.) Math coprocessors have since found there way

+into nearly every graphics card and CPU available today.;

+#X text 62 358 10000 to 1e-016;

+#X restore 114 534 pd More_Info;

+#X text 158 561 - Dave Sabine \, November 18 \, 2002;

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