#N canvas 10 40 620 460 10; #X obj 170 105 float; #X text 23 62 Many objects can accept "arguments" to define their behavior. Here is a plain [float] object:; #X text 26 135 Here is a [float] object with an argument of "5.5": ; #X obj 168 166 float 5.5; #X obj 178 266 float 5.5; #X obj 178 248 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 -1; #X floatatom 178 287 5 0 0 0 - - -; #X text 25 197 Here \, the argument of "5.5" makes this [float] store the value 5.5 by default. Clicking the bang makes [float] output the value that it is currently storing:; #X obj 164 389 select 5; #X floatatom 216 410 5 0 0 1 everything_else - -; #X obj 165 410 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty matched -52 9 0 12 -262144 -1 -1; #X msg 163 366 5; #X msg 132 366 3; #X msg 195 366 7; #X text 24 313 Some objects need to have some arguments in order to do anything useful. For example \, you can tell [select] which number to look for with an argument:; #X obj 10 10 cnv 15 400 40 empty empty creation_arguments 20 12 0 24 -228992 -66577 0; #X obj 68 454 pddp/pddplink crca; #X connect 4 0 6 0; #X connect 5 0 4 0; #X connect 8 0 10 0; #X connect 8 1 9 0; #X connect 11 0 8 0; #X connect 12 0 8 0; #X connect 13 0 8 0;