It appears that I have to jump through a small hoop to reference a local value object within fexpr~, e.g.

But then it appears to be impossible to assign to that value, e.g. var($s2) = var($s2) + 1

Really? I hope someone schools me because I want to be wrong!

@jameslo Can you make it work something like this?
I would expect that $0 can be used in the name as they are both objects.... but I am so confident that I didn't check.....
David.

It seems to update [value me]....... maybe.pd

@whale-av Yes, your example is fine because [value me] is global. It's the $0- prefix that forces me to use var(), which in turn prevents me from assigning to it. fexpr~ interprets "$0-holdCount" as "$0 minus holdCount" and therefore complains that there is no value named "holdCount".

Edit: Oooo, just writing that last sentence suggested to me that I name the value "$0holdCount" (omit the dash so that fexpr~ doesn't interpret it as an operator) but alas, fexpr~ rejected that too.

Edit 2: Oooo, just writing that first edit suggested to me that I name the value "holdCount$0" and so far I haven't been rejected.

@jameslo Yes, it seems to work with the $0 inside or at the end of the name....
David.