I'm trying to pass a float (between 1 and 45 or so) into an abstraction which then writes that float to a text file.

This is the abstraction, and I'm just passing it a single float, say an 8, 10, 12, whatever.

Whenever I do so, it's telling me that: $1: Argument number out of range.

I have no other dollar values in the entire patch, so there's no risk of it clashing or something.

Any idea what's going on here?

Yup, and I've got it working now, thanks

Unfortunately, looks like RjDj, the iPhone app I'm coding PD for, doesn't like saving text files

Okay, I've switched the rewind and reads around, and replace outlet with print, and.. still nothing at all going on in the pd main window

Okay, I'm back with the loading back from a file setup now. This one's doing absolutely nothing when I bang the inlet. No messages in the console, nothing. What am I doing wrong here?

Okay, right, umm, I'm not passing a float to the inlet, I'm passing a bang to the inlet, but I'm passing the float to the abstraction, as $1, i.e. the process is called save, i'm making an object [save 8].

The exact same problem occurs with set $1, the problem seems to be putting a $1 in a message box, as if I do print $1 in a message box and click it, it gives the same error, but if I do print $1 in an object box and bang it, it prints the value correctly.

(And, I've tried it without the symbol message in there too, and it's still giving the exact same error).