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#X text 12 90 LIBRARY internal;
#X text 12 130 WEBSITE http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/;
#X text 12 50 LICENSE SIBSD;
#X text 12 110 AUTHOR Miller Puckette;
#X text 12 170 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS Updated for Pd version 0.40. Jonathan
Wilkes revised the patch to conform to the PDDP template for Pd version
0.42.;
#X text 12 70 DESCRIPTION building and using variable-length messages
;
#X text 12 5 NAME list append list prepend list trim list split list
length;
#X text 12 30 KEYWORDS control storage needs_work list_op symbol_op
;
#X text 12 150 RELEASE_DATE 2005;
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#X text 7 1 [list] Related Objects;
#X obj 21 42 float;
#X obj 61 42 symbol;
#X obj 112 42 pack;
#X obj 152 42 unpack;
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pdpedia: list;
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#X obj 13 3 list append;
#X text 18 24 append (concatenate) the second list to the first;
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#X text 98 304 anything;
#X text 98 354 anything;
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#X text 80 456 n);
#X text 98 471 float;
#X text 80 440 1);
#X text 170 440 - the symbol "append".;
#X text 170 456 - an arbitrary number of additional floats or symbols
may be specified to initialize the list stored at the right inlet.
;
#X obj 158 219 list append 1 2;
#X floatatom 168 165 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X msg 158 140 1 2 3;
#X msg 178 190 bang;
#X msg 285 189 bang;
#X obj 158 241 print append;
#X msg 285 163 4 5 6 and 7;
#X msg 285 80 4 5 6;
#X msg 285 139 four 5 6;
#X msg 285 110 list four 5 6;
#X text 178 354 - all input is converted to a list and stored.;
#X text 178 304 - all input is converted to a list. The list stored
at the right inlet is appended to it \, and the resulting list is sent
to the outlet.;
#X text 98 387 list;
#X text 168 387 - the output is always a message with the selector
"list" (see subpatch "list_conversion" for more info).;
#X text 98 440 symbol atom;
#X text 98 456 symbol atom;
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#X restore 102 365 pd append;
#N canvas 89 83 428 592 about-lists 0;
#X obj 22 567 print message;
#X msg 22 380 list x.wav 44100;
#X msg 22 538 read \$1 \$2;
#X msg 22 409 set x.wav 44100;
#X msg 39 509 set \, add2 read \, adddollar 1 \, adddollar 2;
#X msg 22 439 x.wav 44100;
#X obj 39 483 loadbang;
#X text 127 486 reset message as it was;
#X text 139 380 good;
#X text 128 411 bad;
#X text 94 439 ugly;
#X msg 223 403 list 44100 x.wav;
#X msg 236 428 44100 x.wav;
#X obj 223 454 print number-first;
#X text 217 375 these two are equivalent:;
#X text 19 266 In the example below \, the top message sets \$1 to
"x.wav" and \$2 to 44100 in the "read" message. The lower message box
outputs the message "read x.wav 44100". The "set" message changes the
content of the message box itself (click on the longer message box
below to repair the damage.) The "ugly" message \, since it is neither
"list" nor "set" \, gets interpreted in an arbitrary (and probably
inappropriate!) way.;
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#X text 7 1 [list] About lists in Pd;
#X text 19 37 Messages in Pd are somewhat artificially divided into
two classes. First are data-holding messages (bang \, float \, symbol
\, list) which are the primary way of communicating between objects.
Second is "everything else" (you could call them out-of-band messages
or metamessages) that describe changes in configuration \, read and
write files \, quit Pd \, etc. These are provided so that complex objects
don't need to have 100 separate inlets for every possible functionality.
It's not clear whether this was a good design choice \, but it's entrenched.
;
#X text 19 170 The distinction becomes visible \, and ugly \, when
the leading item in a data-holding message is a symbol. In this case
\, to disambiguate it from the other sort \, the printed form of the
message has a selector \, "list" or "symbol" prepended to it. Underneath
\, there is always a selector in front of data messages \, but it is
implied if the first data item is a number.;
#X connect 1 0 2 0;
#X connect 2 0 0 0;
#X connect 3 0 2 0;
#X connect 4 0 2 0;
#X connect 5 0 2 0;
#X connect 6 0 4 0;
#X connect 11 0 13 0;
#X connect 12 0 13 0;
#X restore 101 546 pd about-lists;
#X text 11 23 building and using variable-length messages;
#X text 80 307 1);
#X text 80 474 n);
#X text 180 365 append - append the second list to the first;
#X text 180 409 split - split a list in two;
#X text 180 387 prepend - prepend the second list to the first;
#X text 180 453 length - output the number of items in a list;
#X text 180 431 trim - trim the "list" selector off;
#X obj 212 98 list;
#X msg 233 68 rice;
#X msg 212 46 beans;
#X obj 212 120 print groceries;
#X msg 276 68 cornbread;
#X text 98 510 Here are some examples showing how to use these objects
to compose and/or use variable length messages:;
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#X obj 232 176 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1
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#X text 227 154 clear;
#X text 20 153 send;
#X msg 71 175 250;
#X msg 103 175 500;
#X msg 136 175 750;
#X msg 169 175 1000;
#X obj 23 258 list append;
#X obj 188 220 t l;
#X obj 71 214 list prepend;
#X obj 23 426 t l l;
#X obj 74 426 print start;
#X obj 129 257 print stored;
#X obj 23 451 list split 1;
#X obj 23 575 del;
#X obj 23 607 print bang;
#X obj 55 542 list append;
#X msg 35 403 0 250 250 500;
#X text 98 150 -- add --;
#X text 37 20 example 1: simple rhythmic sequencer;
#X text 29 53 The top part of this patch demonstrates building up a
message from a variable number of elements provided sequentially. The
"list prepend" object stores the list and \, each time a number arrives
\, prepends the previous list to it.;
#X text 216 237 "list prepend" to its own inlet.;
#X text 213 220 "trigger list" is needed only to connect outlet of
;
#X text 254 258 printout shows the growing message.;
#X text 47 279 "list append" stores the growing message which is output
by the "send" button above. "list prepend" would have been equivalent.
;
#X text 165 403 <-- test message;
#X text 39 354 The bottom part of the patch takes numbers off the beginning
of the list \, one by one \, to use as delays.;
#X text 190 426 printout shows the sequence as it starts.;
#X text 169 543 The rest of the list is stored for next time.;
#X obj 141 505 print done;
#X text 150 450 Split off the first item. If there is none \, nothing
comes out the first or second outlet \, but instead we get a "bang"
from the third one.;
#X text 64 575 After delay \, output a bang and recall the rest of
the list.;
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#X connect 8 0 11 0;
#X connect 9 0 10 1;
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#X connect 10 0 8 1;
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#X connect 11 0 14 0;
#X connect 11 1 12 0;
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#X connect 14 1 17 1;
#X connect 14 2 30 0;
#X connect 15 0 16 0;
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#X text 63 243 send;
#X obj 66 342 list append;
#X obj 213 317 t l;
#X obj 94 303 list prepend;
#X obj 66 410 t l l;
#X obj 121 410 print start;
#X obj 171 340 print stored;
#X obj 66 486 del;
#X obj 105 486 list append;
#X msg 94 264 250 57;
#X msg 154 264 500 52;
#X msg 215 264 750 55;
#X obj 66 461 unpack;
#X obj 66 435 list split 2;
#X text 80 38 example 2: sequencer with pitch;
#X text 147 242 -- add --;
#X obj 185 438 print done;
#X obj 115 517 print pitch;
#X text 13 69 This example is a slight modification of example 1 showing
how to build up lists with more than one item per iteration. We regard
pairs of numbers as specifying a delay time and a pitch. Unlike the
previous example \, the delay here is interpreted as teh delay until
the next event \, not the delay since the previous one. This is done
by taking the "pitch" output before the delay object (previously the
"output" was taken from the delay object's output.);
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#X obj 19 287 list split 1;
#X obj 19 378 print;
#X obj 19 204 until;
#X obj 19 242 list append;
#X obj 45 171 t b l;
#X obj 149 287 bang;
#X msg 45 148 1 2 3 4 a b c;
#X text 34 21 example 3: serializing a message without delays;
#X text 17 55 The "until" object can be used as shown to iterate through
all the items of a list.;
#X text 178 147 <- click to test;
#X text 101 171 First store list \, then start the loop;
#X text 88 199 "until" bangs its output until told to stop by a "bang"
to its right inlet.;
#X text 107 241 Store the remaining list.;
#X text 184 286 third outlet of "split" tells us to stop.;
#X text 37 318 Second outlet of "split" becomes the new list for "list
append" above.;
#X text 75 377 First outlet is the output.;
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#X obj 23 290 list append 1 2;
#X floatatom 23 120 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X msg 23 95 1 2 3;
#X msg 23 68 list cis boom bah;
#X msg 23 145 bang;
#X msg 162 260 bang;
#X obj 23 319 print append;
#X msg 23 43 walk the dog;
#X msg 162 210 list x y z;
#X msg 161 184 go dog go;
#X msg 160 234 4 5 6 and 7;
#X text 119 43 non-list message converted to list;
#X text 144 68 list starting with symbol;
#X text 75 118 number is one-element list;
#X text 75 95 numeric list;
#X text 75 145 bang is zero-element list;
#X text 226 184 same for right inlet...;
#X text 235 233 (note: only the first item;
#X text 238 252 need be a number to make this;
#X text 238 270 a list.);
#X text 121 290 <- creation args initialize the list to append;
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#X text 8 2 [list] Lists vs. Non-lists;
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#X text 98 309 anything;
#X text 98 355 anything;
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#X text 80 456 n);
#X text 98 471 float;
#X text 80 440 1);
#X text 170 456 - an arbitrary number of additional floats or symbols
may be specified to initialize the list stored at the right inlet.
;
#X floatatom 198 160 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X msg 188 135 1 2 3;
#X msg 208 185 bang;
#X msg 315 184 bang;
#X msg 315 158 4 5 6 and 7;
#X msg 315 75 4 5 6;
#X msg 315 134 four 5 6;
#X msg 315 105 list four 5 6;
#X text 178 355 - all input is converted to a list and stored.;
#X text 18 24 prepend the second list to the first;
#X obj 13 3 list prepend;
#X obj 188 214 list prepend 1 2;
#X obj 188 236 print prepend;
#X text 178 309 - all input is converted to a list. The list stored
at the right inlet is prepended to it \, and the resulting list is
sent to the outlet.;
#X text 170 440 - the symbol "prepend".;
#X text 98 387 list;
#X text 168 387 - the output is always a message with the selector
"list" (see subpatch "list_conversion" for more info).;
#X text 98 440 symbol atom;
#X text 98 456 symbol atom;
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#X text 98 287 anything;
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#X text 80 477 1);
#X msg 200 145 bang;
#X obj 159 173 list split 2;
#X floatatom 262 148 3 0 5 0 - - -;
#X msg 159 57 1 2;
#X msg 124 57 1;
#X text 156 228 first n;
#X text 245 228 rest of list;
#X text 337 228 shorter than n;
#X text 18 24 cut a list into smaller ones;
#X obj 13 3 list split;
#X msg 173 79 one 2 3;
#X msg 183 101 list one 2 3;
#X msg 193 123 1 2 three;
#X obj 159 211 print split0;
#X obj 248 211 print split1;
#X obj 340 211 print split2;
#X text 178 287 - all input is converted to a list.;
#X text 98 315 float;
#X text 98 381 list;
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#X text 98 404 list;
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#X text 98 426 list;
#X text 178 315 - split point. A value of n will send the first n elements
to the left outlet \, and the rest of the list to the middle outlet.
Incoming lists shorter than n are sent to the rightmost outlet.;
#X text 168 381 - the first n elements of the incoming list.;
#X text 168 404 - the remaining elements of the incoming list.;
#X text 168 426 - if the incoming list has fewer than n elements \,
it is sent in its entirety to the rightmost outlet.;
#X text 170 477 - the symbol "split".;
#X text 98 493 float;
#X text 80 493 2);
#X text 98 477 symbol atom;
#X text 170 493 - (optional) an integer to initialize the split point.
;
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#X text 98 340 anything;
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#X text 80 448 1);
#X msg 49 139 1 2 3;
#X msg 49 90 list cis boom bah;
#X msg 49 195 bang;
#X msg 49 63 walk the dog;
#X obj 49 276 list trim;
#X obj 49 298 print trim;
#X msg 49 222 1 x y;
#X msg 49 248 x 1 y;
#X msg 49 113 55;
#X text 98 395 anything;
#X text 170 448 - the symbol "trim".;
#X obj 13 3 list trim;
#X text 18 24 remove the list selector;
#X text 128 230 The [list trim] object inputs lists (or makes lists
out of incoming non-list messages) and outputs a message whose selector
is the first item of the list \, and whose arguments \, if any \, are
the remainder of the list. If the list has no items \, or if its first
item is numeric \, the selector is "list" (which might print out as
list \, float \, or bang.);
#X text 98 448 symbol atom;
#X text 178 340 - all input is converted to a list. A bang message
is converted to an empty list. A symbol message like "symbol blah"
is converted to "list blah".;
#X text 134 63 non-list messages remain non-list messages;
#X text 97 139 implicit list remains a list;
#X msg 49 167 symbol x;
#X text 86 195 becomes message "list" (interpreted by most objects
as bang);
#X text 166 90 "list" selector gets trimmed off;
#X text 79 113 becomes "list 55" (interpreted by most objects as float)
;
#X text 112 167 "symbol" selector gets trimmed off.;
#X text 168 395 - after the incoming message is converted to a list
\, the "list" selector is removed and the message is output.;
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#X connect 9 0 12 0;
#X connect 10 0 12 0;
#X connect 11 0 12 0;
#X connect 12 0 13 0;
#X connect 14 0 12 0;
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#X connect 26 0 12 0;
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#X text 98 384 anything;
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#X text 80 467 1);
#X obj 13 3 list length;
#X msg 226 161 1 2 3;
#X msg 226 112 list cis boom bah;
#X msg 227 187 bang;
#X msg 226 85 walk the dog;
#X msg 227 209 1 x y;
#X msg 226 235 x 1 y;
#X msg 226 135 55;
#X obj 201 263 list length;
#X floatatom 201 289 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X text 18 24 number of elements in a list;
#X text 98 421 float;
#X text 170 467 - the symbol "length".;
#X text 98 467 symbol atom;
#X text 168 384 - any message type is accepted and converted to a list.
;
#X text 168 421 - [list length] outputs the number of elements in the
list.;
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#X connect 11 0 16 0;
#X connect 12 0 16 0;
#X connect 13 0 16 0;
#X connect 14 0 16 0;
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#X restore 102 453 pd length;
#X text 98 307 symbol atom;
#X text 98 322 float;
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#X text 7 1 [list] Conversion;
#X text 19 168 In brief:;
#X text 19 188 "list" -> bang;
#X text 19 208 "list 1" -> "float 1";
#X text 19 228 "list hello" -> "symbol hello";
#X text 19 37 Most objects in Pd handle zero- and one-element lists
in the following way:;
#X text 19 67 * an incoming zero-element list (i.e. \, a message consisting
onf the selector "list") is treated as a bang.;
#X text 19 97 * an incoming one-element list that contains a float
is treated as a float.;
#X obj 22 331 route list float;
#X obj 22 304 list;
#X obj 22 358 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144 -1
-1;
#X obj 68 358 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144 -1
-1;
#X msg 22 277 12;
#X text 55 277 implicit float-- same as "float 12";
#X text 55 304 output as "list 12";
#X floatatom 68 387 5 0 0 0 - - -;
#X text 130 331 [route] converts "list 12" to "float 12";
#X text 19 127 * an incoming one-element list that contains a symbol
atom is treated as a symbol.;
#X connect 9 0 11 0;
#X connect 9 1 12 0;
#X connect 9 1 16 0;
#X connect 10 0 9 0;
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#X text 170 307 - (optional) if no creation argument is given \, or
if the first creation argument is a number \, [list] will behave like
[list append]. Otherwise \, one of the following symbols may be given
as arguments (see subpatches for more info):;
#X text 98 245 [list] family objects always output a list. See the
"list_conversion_in_Pd" subpatch below for how lists are interpreted
by other objects.;
#X text 98 474 depending on what the first creation argument is \,
other creation arguments may be specified.;
#X text 98 154 See subpatches under the heading "arguments" for more
details. With the exception of the right inlet of [list split] \, All
[list] objects will convert incoming non-list messages to lists (e.g.
\, "set 5" will become "list set 5"). A bang message is converted to
an empty list (i.e. \, "list") \, and "symbol foo" is converted to
"list foo".;
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