Anthony Palomba

I am trying to add quotes around a string. Given the string:

I want to add quotes around it and prepend port so that I can send it 

I tried to use sprintf but it will not put the quotes around my string.

I want to add quotes around it and prepend port so that I can send it 
to midiin. Like so:

I tried to use sprintf but it will not put the quotes around my string.
How can do this?

adding-quotes-to-string

On 7-Aug-2006, at 17:23, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:

So I did. What's the problem (aside from a few objects that seem 

Quotation marks in a message box of in sprintf tell the Max parser 

that you have a symbol with embedded whitespace. Once Max knows it's 

a symbol, it doesn't need to display the quotation marks for all 

eternity, so you don't see them when you send the symbol to a print 

As long as Max treats the thing as as symbol, what's the problem?

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On 7-Aug-2006, at 17:23, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:
> Actually, try this instead...

So I did. What's the problem (aside from a few objects that seem  
superfluous)?

Quotation marks in a message box of in sprintf tell the Max parser  
that you have a symbol with embedded whitespace. Once Max knows it's  
a symbol, it doesn't need to display the quotation marks for all  
eternity, so you don't see them when you send the symbol to a print  
object or the like.

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Thr problem is it does not work. midiin in does 

not recognize the quotes unless you explicitly type 

them in a message box. We you able to change 

Subject: Re: [maxmsp] adding quotes to string...

> On 7-Aug-2006, at 17:23, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:

> So I did. What's the problem (aside from a few objects that seem 

> Quotation marks in a message box of in sprintf tell the Max parser 

> that you have a symbol with embedded whitespace. Once Max knows 

> a symbol, it doesn't need to display the quotation marks for all 

> eternity, so you don't see them when you send the symbol to a 

> As long as Max treats the thing as as symbol, what's the problem?

> #P newex 263 122 74 196617 prepend port;

> #P user ubumenu 263 51 103 196617 0 1 1 1;

> #X setrgb 255 255 255 0 0 0 99 99 99 4 4 4 141 141 141 112 112 112;

> #P newobj 263 27 60 196617 p MIDISetup;

Thr problem is it does not work. midiin in does 
not recognize the quotes unless you explicitly type 
them in a message box. We you able to change 
MIDI input ports with the sample I sent?

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Castine 
Date: Monday, August 7, 2006 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: [maxmsp] adding quotes to string...

> On 7-Aug-2006, at 17:23, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:
> > Actually, try this instead...
>
> So I did. What's the problem (aside from a few objects that seem  
> superfluous)?
>
> Quotation marks in a message box of in sprintf tell the Max parser 
>
> that you have a symbol with embedded whitespace. Once Max knows 
> it's  
> a symbol, it doesn't need to display the quotation marks for all  
> eternity, so you don't see them when you send the symbol to a 
> print  
> object or the like.
>
> As long as Max treats the thing as as symbol, what's the problem?
>
> -- P.
>
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #P newex 326 152 40 196617 print;
> #P button 263 180 38 0;
> #P newex 263 122 74 196617 prepend port;
> #P user ubumenu 263 51 103 196617 0 1 1 1;
> #X setrgb 255 255 255 0 0 0 99 99 99 4 4 4 141 141 141 112 112 112;
> #X add "to Max/MSP 1";
> #X add "to Max/MSP 2";
> #X prefix_set 0 0  0;
> #X pattrmode 1;
> #P newex 263 147 40 196617 midiin a;
> #P newex 263 98 47 196617 tosymbol;
> #N vpatcher 165 360 533 678;
> #P inlet 197 25 15 0;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P message 197 77 16 196617 -1;
> #P newex 198 106 45 196617 midiinfo;
> #P newex 197 45 45 196617 loadbang;
> #N comlet Midi Input Devices;
> #P outlet 198 263 15 0;
> #P connect 4 0 1 0;
> #P connect 1 0 3 0;
> #P connect 2 0 0 0;
> #P fasten 3 0 2 1 202 100 238 100;
> #P pop;
> #P newobj 263 27 60 196617 p MIDISetup;
> #P connect 4 0 2 0;
> #P connect 4 0 6 0;
> #P fasten 3 1 1 0 314 72 268 72;
> #P connect 1 0 4 0;
> #P connect 2 0 5 0;
> #P connect 0 0 3 0;
> #P window clipboard copycount 7;
>
>
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On 7-Aug-2006, at 20:20, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:

> MIDI input ports with the sample I sent?

> We[re] you able to change
> MIDI input ports with the sample I sent?

> Thr problem is it does not work. midiin in does 

> not recognize the quotes unless you explicitly type 

> them in a message box. We you able to change 

If you look at the midiin help file, you might try the idea that it does 

If you want to check for quotation marks, use:

apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:
> Thr problem is it does not work. midiin in does 
> not recognize the quotes unless you explicitly type 
> them in a message box. We you able to change 
> MIDI input ports with the sample I sent?

If you look at the midiin help file, you might try the idea that it does 
not require the port message...

If you want to check for quotation marks, use:
prepend set -> message box
instead of print...

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