Cycling 74 » Topic: How to set a variable to local? http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/feed Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-49883 <![CDATA[How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-49883 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:49:30 +0000 stuckie27 I have a bunch of sub-patches that use the same structure, it would be nice if there was a way to define a local variable to just that subpatch, so I can easily copy and paste them.

Is this possible?

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179150 <![CDATA[Re: How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179150 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:39:49 +0000 Roman Thilenius  
yes, you could, for example, use [var foo] in the abstraction, where
foo might be (partially or fully) set by an argument to the abstraction,
and the var object also beeing loadbanged.

now you can make an abstraction [mypatch test1], send it “33″ via an inlet,
and when you copy [mypatch test1] it will already load with the 33 as
variable.

-110
 

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179151 <![CDATA[Re: How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179151 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:17:14 +0000 stuckie27 Thanks for the response Roman but it does not address my problem.

I have 6 sub patches, and I have an if statement in each one.

If $i1 == 10 then send bob 20 else $i1

I use the variable bob in all of the sub patches and a side effect is that the bob variable acts global it changes everywhere, it’s global.

Can I make it just respond to the local subpatch?

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179152 <![CDATA[Re: How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179152 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:31:24 +0000 Jesse Not sure if this helps, but #0 is a unique ID for each patch, so if you can name your variable using this ID then you should be ok.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179153 <![CDATA[Re: How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179153 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:27:44 +0000 seejayjames [patcherargs] can be used instead of the #0, #1 etc. for abstractions. the advantage is working with a subpatch instead of a separate file.

Not sure if you can work it into the [send], but you can definitely do a workaround, as each subpatch can be made to do whatever you want, because you have a different main number/patcherarg to work with. So for example, don’t just “send bob”, use [prepend] and the patcherarg, then at the other end, at the [receive], use [route] to sort out the different indexes.

Though of course using a [patcherarg] in only one place is the same amount of work as just manually setting a different value in each subpatch.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179154 <![CDATA[Re: How to set a variable to local?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/how-to-set-a-variable-to-local/#post-179154 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:19:02 +0000 Chris Muir The suggestion to prefix your variable names with #0 (e.g. #0_bob might become 3456_bob in one subpatcher and 3457_bob in another) is a good one, although I rarely use it.

Instead I often pass in an instance ID to a patch, such as A, B, C etc. Using the same prefix trick I end up with A_bob in the A patch, B_bob in the B patch, etc.

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