hello,

i want to use a counter that runs from 1 to 16 to send bangs to my receives, which are named monitor-1, monitor-2, etc. is there a way i can add the the number to the "monitor-" and then send?

i could just name the receives 1, 2, etc., but i am going to have different sets of receives all receiving bangs in the same manner, and so i need to differentiate between them.

well, it might be possible to name them all the same thing and only use numbers in the name, but i'd rather not.

having a version of pack for messages would be ideal, as long as i didn't need a space in between the messages i was packing.

thanks,
leo

number to put in name
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[makefilename monitor-%d] -- makefilename is not just for filenames!
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| number to send
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[pack s f]
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[ ; $1 $2 ( -- the first atom after a ; in a message box is a name to send the rest of the message to

thank you! this works.