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Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf. I have a patch where I'm

sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object what receive

to send to and what to actually send. I want to use sprintf to do that but

the forward object requires a comma in its message and sprintf gets weird

with commas. My patch is below. Any advice?

Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf.  I have a patch where I'm
sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object what receive
to send to and what to actually send.  I want to use sprintf to do that but
the forward object requires a comma in its message and sprintf gets weird
with commas.  My patch is below.  Any advice?

using-sprintf-with-a-comma

if u look closely at the text of your patch mode you will find your answer :

On 16 nov. 06, at 21:26, Nic Zwart wrote:

> Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf. I have a patch where 

> I'm sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object 

> what receive to send to and what to actually send. I want to use 

> sprintf to do that but the forward object requires a comma in its 

> message and sprintf gets weird with commas. My patch is below. 

It's a common misunderstanding. The comma have a special behavior of 

the message box object, where it is used to separate elements. So if 

you really want the "normal comma" character you need to put a 

I would prefer the version without the message boxes (avoiding UI 

objects is always fine, when you don't need the UI aspect).

> Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf.  I have a patch where  
> I'm sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object  
> what receive to send to and what to actually send.  I want to use  
> sprintf to do that but the forward object requires a comma in its  
> message and sprintf gets weird with commas.  My patch is below.   
> Any advice?

It's a common misunderstanding. The comma have a special behavior of  
the message box object, where it is used to separate elements. So if  
you really want the "normal comma" character you need to put a  
backslash.

I would prefer the version without the message boxes (avoiding UI  
objects is always fine, when you don't need the UI aspect).

> On 16 nov. 06, at 21:26, Nic Zwart wrote:

> > Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf. I have a patch where

> > I'm sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object

> > what receive to send to and what to actually send. I want to use

> > sprintf to do that but the forward object requires a comma in its

> > message and sprintf gets weird with commas. My patch is below.

> It's a common misunderstanding. The comma have a special behavior of

> the message box object, where it is used to separate elements. So if

> you really want the "normal comma" character you need to put a

> I would prefer the version without the message boxes (avoiding UI

> objects is always fine, when you don't need the UI aspect).

> #P number 981 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;

> #P newex 860 100 131 196617 sprintf set \; %s %ld;

> #P comment 842 43 260 196617 why not using the send feature of the

> #P newex 110 176 68 196617 prepend send;

> #P number 68 64 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;

> #P comment 212 34 260 196617 change the contents of the message box

> #P message 583 165 74 196617 send duck , 8;

> #P number 704 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;

> #P newex 583 100 131 196617 sprintf set send %s \, %ld;

> #P newex 354 177 68 196617 prepend send;

> #P number 354 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;

On 11/17/06, Emmanuel Jourdan  wrote:
>
> On 16 nov. 06, at 21:26, Nic Zwart wrote:
>
> > Hello, I have a basic question about sprintf.  I have a patch where
> > I'm sending a message to the 'forward' object that tells the object
> > what receive to send to and what to actually send.  I want to use
> > sprintf to do that but the forward object requires a comma in its
> > message and sprintf gets weird with commas.  My patch is below.
> > Any advice?
>
> Hi,
>
> It's a common misunderstanding. The comma have a special behavior of
> the message box object, where it is used to separate elements. So if
> you really want the "normal comma" character you need to put a
> backslash.
>
> I would prefer the version without the message boxes (avoiding UI
> objects is always fine, when you don't need the UI aspect).
>
> Best,
> ej
>
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 2;
> #P message 860 165 74 196617 ; duck 9;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #P newex 860 135 30 196617 t b s;
> #P number 981 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P message 860 65 30 196617 duck;
> #P newex 860 100 131 196617 sprintf set \; %s %ld;
> #P comment 842 43 260 196617 why not using the send feature of the
> message box?;
> #P message 110 65 30 196617 duck;
> #P newex 110 176 68 196617 prepend send;
> #P number 68 64 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P newex 68 215 65 196617 forward duk;
> #P comment 212 34 260 196617 change the contents of the message box
> , and trigger it !;
> #P newex 583 195 47 196617 forward;
> #P message 583 165 74 196617 send duck , 8;
> #P newex 583 135 30 196617 t b s;
> #P number 704 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P message 583 65 30 196617 duck;
> #P newex 583 100 131 196617 sprintf set send %s \, %ld;
> #P newex 354 177 68 196617 prepend send;
> #P newex 267 152 97 196617 unpack 0 s;
> #P newex 267 126 97 196617 zl rot 1;
> #P number 354 63 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P message 267 65 30 196617 duck;
> #P number 139 317 290 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P newex 139 294 67 196617 receive duck;
> #P newex 267 100 97 196617 pack s 0;
> #P newex 267 216 47 196617 forward;
> #P comment 538 43 260 196617 change the contents of the message box
> , and trigger it !;
> #P connect 23 0 22 0;
> #P connect 24 0 22 1;
> #P connect 22 0 25 0;
> #P connect 25 1 26 0;
> #P connect 25 0 26 0;
> #P connect 5 0 2 0;
> #P connect 6 0 2 1;
> #P connect 3 0 4 0;
> #P connect 2 0 7 0;
> #P connect 7 0 8 0;
> #P connect 8 1 9 0;
> #P connect 8 0 1 0;
> #P connect 9 0 1 0;
> #P connect 11 0 10 0;
> #P connect 12 0 10 1;
> #P connect 10 0 13 0;
> #P connect 13 0 14 0;
> #P connect 13 1 14 0;
> #P connect 14 0 15 0;
> #P connect 20 0 19 0;
> #P connect 19 0 17 0;
> #P connect 18 0 17 0;
> #P window clipboard copycount 27;
>
>

using sprintf with a comma