i'm creating sends dynamically using this construct:

[f $0]
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[obj 100 100 s $1-mySendname(
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but the problem I have, is that the sends will end up being created like this:

ie, the $0 value is converted to a float value.

So my question,

is there someway i can use message boxes (or something else) to pass a $0 'symbol', rather than its float value?

I want to create objects that look like this:

Looks like Maelstorm provided a solution for this:

http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-4619-escaping-dollarsigns

yes!!!! What a legend! Cheers emacpher and Maelstorm

woo!