I have a float (0-1), an integer (1-8) and a string (/composition/groups/X/dashboard/link). X will be replaced by an integer.

I want to connect these so that the final message is:

/composition/groups/1/dashboard/link
..
/composition/groups/8/dashboard/link

But when I do this:

I get this osc message: ADDRESS(/composition/groups/$1/link) FLOAT(0.58)

It does not recognise the $1. I also tried packing but to no avail.

Does anyone know?

@jonasjohansson In your example, $1 refers to the first argument of the enclosing abstraction, not to any data that is passed to [oscformat]. If you want to change the OSC path on the fly, try using a set message like this:
OSCexample.pd

Thank you jameslo!

I'll check this out. I realise I missed an important part in my initial post,

The ending /link should actually be come:

/link1
/link2
/link3 etc.

How am I able to combine say "link" and $1 so they print out:

/composition/groups/1/dashboard/link1 etc.

or dig into [makefilename]

I managed something…

Thank you for the help, seems that "set" was the key!