abs_numpad-help.pd
abs_numpad.pd

Really I just wanted a control which I could enter numbers.

As the way things go, things sort got outta hand. Built an entire numpad controller with /,*,+, and -, plus BACKSPACE and CLEAR(del) to emulate a standard numpad.

Reason being (besides needing it for another project), it has always sort of irked me that I could not just type in numbers. I have seen only maybe one or two controls which allowed direct entry of numbers but they weren't exactly what I had in mind.

The abs has no inlets (they may be added in the future) and the NUMLOCK does not (yet do anything.

It has three outlets which send (and it can be used just for this very well) two outlets which operate on an x-y basis.

Enter a number for X then click enter, and it sends it to the left most outlet and immediately switches to y. (The currently selected variable is highlighted in red).

Enter another number and click enter again, and it sends that number to the middle outlet.

Then click a function and it is performed immediately f(x,y) and sent to the right most outlet.

I suppose if you wanted just to use it for entering x's and y's it would work really well for that too.

As to how its done, the digits are stored in an array and concatenated and passed back and forth between a few global variable, i.e. values. I have tried to keep the patch pretty clean tho the logic is a Bit convoluted.

May you find a use for it.

Would love feedback on how to apply a NUMLOCK concept to it as well as the inlets (tho I don't think there really is too much use for that. More important would be taking out the globals and making it a true abs

Ciao for now.

Happy PD-ing and keep sharing your love of music,
Scott

afterthought: since it's using [v]'s and they are global as well as a named array it's really not an abstraction. But it's been my feeling not to post on the patch section unless my work is of a much broader nature. Thanks. Ciao for now. -s

You know that you can click on a number atom, type a number and then press enter, right?

DOH!

That's one of my fav things about pd: always proving the maximum, "The more you know, the more you realize how much more you have to learn".

Didn't know that but VERY glad to learn it and that you would be so generous in your time to educate me. Thanks, @LiamG for yet again teaching me something new.

As a footnote:

The patch was actually designed most specifically to work out the logic so that it might be done on MobMuPlat. Which as far as I know (see "another opportunity for 'DOH!' for reference ) does not allow for direct entry of values.

Which I implemented there (within less than an hour) and for which it works splendidly (just send the paths to the pd receives).

So ...

Glad I learned how to do it in pd; can see why no one thought it interesting; and glad to get it mapped out into Mobmuplat.

(Using it to empower someone to enter broader ranges of seeds for the Collatz equation for translation into audio which sliders, knobs, etc. do not do very well).

Thanks, again, for the lesson Liam.

So very glad we are all on this same wonderful team together.

And by ALL means please do keep the lessons coming.

More than anything else: I am one eager puppy to learn all things pd.

Ciao for now.

Peace, Love, and Music thru us all,
Scott

nice work someday i also want to build / transfer some patches for / to mobmuplat. i think its the easiest way to use pure data patches on a mobile phone?