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Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:12:11 GMT

gentleclockdivider — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:12:11 GMT

If I type in 987 into a message with the add2 message , just as one would do on a calculator .
The result is 9space8space7 and not the nr. 987

Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:07:17 GMT

whale-av — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:07:17 GMT

@gentleclockdivider Yup..!
David.

Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:15:17 GMT

gentleclockdivider — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:15:17 GMT

Ok , so how to get a multiple digit number in the mesage box ?
I am challenging myself to make a calculator ( with only onboard gui controls as found on the calculator itself ) , to get to grips with the language .

Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:46:51 GMT

FFW — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:46:51 GMT

You can reconstruct the number with power of ten.
Dirty demo:

Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:03:44 GMT

whale-av — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:03:44 GMT

@gentleclockdivider It's a monstrous pita that Pd is so fussy about "arguments out of range", or the task would be simple.
You can use [add2( like this....... pita.pd ... but so far I have found no way to build a message (we know the list length) with the arguments stuck together, which would be far more elegant and flexible.
David.

Reply to add2 ... on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:52:47 GMT

oid — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:52:47 GMT

@gentleclockdivider if we convert the numbers to a keycode, build a list and then convert them back to numbers it will work.

Forgot something, you need an [f] after the [list tosymbol] to convert it back to a number or it will be a symbol that looks like a number.