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#X text 179 169 set type directly;
#X text 153 235 does not work (check console messages);
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#X text 436 255 Many objects cast the data they receive when they output
it:;
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#X msg 453 282 this is a list without a cast;
#X obj 453 330 print;
#X text 439 390 Some objects need to have the data explicitly declared
in order to handle it. These are mostly symbol handling objects.;
#X text 439 466 Objects which route data generally can handle explicitly
or implicitly defined data.;
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#X text 3 142 symbols need to be declared explicitly \, floats do not
\, but can be:;
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#X obj 820 -2 pddp;
#X text 17 604 by Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>;
#X text 12 303 the "anything" data type allows anything to pass through
unchanged.;
#X text 441 530 click on these for more info:;
#X text 629 606 updated for Pd version 0.37.1;
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#X obj 453 550 all_about_lists_vs_anythings;
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#X text 206 34 float symbol pointer;
#X text 6 34 atoms (basic data types):;
#X text 6 59 The basic data types are known as 'atoms' in Pd. "float"
and "symbol" atoms have 'atom boxes' for realtime display and control
from within a patch. "pointer" atoms are used for accessing data stored
in graphical data structures.;
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#X text 439 137 examples of casting:;
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#X text 528 86 aka [bng];
#X text 10 508 casting and storage objects:;
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#X text 10 526 There a number of objects which are used for storing
messages \, or casting messages as a specific data type \, sometimes
converting from one data type to another. The right inlet on these
objects is stores that value \, which can be later output using a bang.
;
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