CowboyTakeTwo

if i want the third item of a list, regardless of type, is there any difference between [zl nth 3] and a message containing just "$3"? they seem to work the same..

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pretty sure they are practically identical but may have different uses, for example you can set the zl nth value dynamically, whereas the $ variables are fixed when you create them (or at least I've never found a way to change them).

So this post got me thinking. What if you 

 change the variable number in a message? However, when I try it using [sprintf], I get odd results. As long as the incoming integer is 10 or less, I get the expected result ($1, $2, $-1, $10, etc.) Once I get to 11, though, the result is $11, $12, $13, etc., except when the input is a multiple of 10 (20, 30, 40, etc.). In that case, I again get the expected result ($20, $30, $40, etc.). Can someone explain why this happens? Is it an oddity of the message that I don't understand? Thanks.

So this post got me thinking. What if you could change the variable number in a message? However, when I try it using [sprintf], I get odd results. As long as the incoming integer is 10 or less, I get the expected result ($1, $2, $-1, $10, etc.) Once I get to 11, though, the result is $11, $12, $13, etc., except when the input is a multiple of 10 (20, 30, 40, etc.). In that case, I again get the expected result ($20, $30, $40, etc.). Can someone explain why this happens? Is it an oddity of the message that I don't understand? Thanks.


Yes, this is weird. But anyway, anything above $9 won't be usefull. As stated in the message reference :

A dollar sign ($), followed immediately by a number 

A dollar sign ($), followed immediately by a number in the range 1-9, is a changeable argument.


also if you want to set bpatcher's arguments, you can't set more than 9. but why? is there any logic behind that?

difference between [zl nth 3] and $3 ?