How would one complete something like the following?

That is, the input being four floats (which would be constrained to integers 0-255), and the output being a symbol e.g. '192.168.1.105' -- convert the integers to ASCII and concatenate them with periods in between.

I did some web searching but I only found that string operations are difficult in pd without externals.

The catch is that I had an idea to use Pd(Droid)Party as an OSC controller, so I'm not sure I can use externals.

I've successfully tested a static IP on the computer, hardcoding the address into the patch. But (and here, perhaps I'm half-mad) I was considering this for an electronic ensemble class. The thought of getting 15-20 students, with varying levels of technical skill, to create static IPs correctly induces dread. It would be nice to make the address configurable.

TIA,
hjh

Aha... I might have underestimated the message box's capabilities.

It looks like this might actually do it:

[pack 0 0 0 0]
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[disconnect, connect $1.$2.$3.$4 57120(
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[netsend -u -b]

I was kind of stuck on the idea that you might have to pass a complete IP address symbol into the message -- but [netsend] seems to respond to the above.

Leaving the thread here, in case somebody else has the same question later.

hjh