Dan Nigrin

OK I'm kind of slow tonight, and can't figure this out. As part of a bigger patch, I generate some numbers which represent ASCII characters, and which I aggregate into a list to define a longer string. That string can sometimes can have multiple space characters (ascii 32) in a row, between words. I'd like to preserve those spaces, and display everything in a textedit. I can't seem to do it, without having to have quotes displayed around the entire string, as the patch below shows. How to fix?

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OK I'm kind of slow tonight, and can't figure this out.  As part of a bigger patch, I generate some numbers which represent ASCII characters, and which I aggregate into a list to define a longer string.  That string can sometimes can have multiple space characters (ascii 32) in a row, between words.  I'd like to preserve those spaces, and display everything in a textedit.  I can't seem to do it, without having to have quotes displayed around the entire string, as the patch below shows.  How to fix?

OK I'm kind of slow tonight, and can't figure this out. 

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You can use comment instead, it does not show quotes.

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Or - use ascii 160 instead of repeated 32 in case you need to use textedit

You can use comment instead, it does not show quotes.


Or - use ascii 160 instead of repeated 32 in case you need to use textedit


Thanks! I can't use comment in my use case, but using ascii 160 is a *great* idea, thank you again! You always come to the rescue for my questions @source audio!! :-)

Thanks!  I can't use comment in my use case, but using ascii 160 is a *great* idea, thank you again!  You always come to the rescue for my questions @source audio!!  :-) 

You are welcome, I hope uncle cycling is not reading this and then "fix"

removal of several spaces if 160 is used , ha, ha

You are welcome, I hope uncle cycling is not reading this and then "fix"
removal of several spaces if 160 is used , ha, ha


nonbreaking space would have been my idea, too.

if it is safe to use in the future or with certain other objects? we will see. :)

also works with lcd.

if it is safe to use in the future or with certain other objects? we will see. :)

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