ok... data from arrays stored as textfiles in different folders using $1 within the write and read messages... works, no problem....

now i just want to store only one value as textfile, but also in different folders... so, an array could be used, but why waste an array for only one value.... so i thought using the [textfile]-object might be a good idea. that's fine for storing, but loading these files turns out to be a problem

now i do like so

[hradio] or whatever, it says 1, 2, 3 and so on
|
[trigger bang bang bang]
| | |
[bang( [rewind( [read path/with/a/folder$1/textfile.txt(
| / /
[textfile]

and now, of course, $1 is out of range, grrr

hi wk,
$1 in message expects float, not bang. you need [t b b f]

thanks sinewave, it works now! now i understand the trigger object much better, and i really see how essential that is in terms of pd

yes, I think that [trigger] (or lack of it) is the first reason why some patches have bugs.