I'm using read -resize $1-table 1.wav $1-table to load a file into $1-table.
I've loaded the patch here: prac.pd

why is the console saying 0-table: no such table

@Fauveboy $1 in a message is not the same as in an object.

$ arguments in objects are replaced by the patch argument values at load.

A $1 in a message is replaced by the first atom of an incoming list...... $2 the second atom...... etc.
So the $1 in the table (it is an object) name is the first argument of the patch ..... [prac 1] or [prac 2] etc. and has to be fed to the read message through it's inlet......
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/9774/pure-data-noob/4
David.