Is there a Pd function like this, where you can store a value and then fetch it somewhere else, so that you can make your wires neater? I know you can use tables with one value but it would save a little time and in some cases look a little neater if you didn't have to make another box with an index number. Or is there a way to create a table with one value, and have Pd automatically use 0 for the index whenever you read from it or write to it?

Edit: Furthermore, is there a function that sends out a bang every time something somewhere else receives a bang, for the same purposes of making wires neater?

@Hot-Grill-2 Hello there..... you could use [value] which is a non-local shared variable. Give it a name, like [value woof] and when you bang it (or I should say....... a copy of it somewhere else in your patches)......... it will output the value that it is currently holding.
For the sending of a bang I think you will have to use [send] and [receive] objects...... and again, name them to keep them unique.
David.

Thanks! Works perfectly. I should look through the help files and experiment more before I post silly questions.

I've always wondered, does the [value] object reference an external buffer like an array, or does it store the value locally like a float? I suppose it doesn't make too much difference if it's just one value, but it would still be good to know.

in short: it's 1 float stored in 1 object of a separate data structure referenced by a pointer in each value object

in longer: when you create a value object with a given name. it checks to see whether a second class called vcommon has any objects that share the same name as the new value object. If not, it creates a vcommon object with that name and stores the float value inside. Then the value stores the pointer to this float and looks up that float using a pointer whenever it needs to modify or get the value (as do all of the other value objects that share the same name). The vcommon object knows how many value objects share it's name (a "reference count") and when the last value object with the same name is deleted, so is the vcommon object