Hi.

I've been searching for a solution for quite a while, but I cannot find a way to solve this in PD...

In Max, it is possible to create a receive without an argument, and then receive has an inlet, where you can pass the name of the variable we wish to receive.

However, I cannot find an equivalent in PD. I've gotten so far, that it is possible, to create in an abstraction (say myab.pd) a
[receive $1-p]
for instance; however, I cannot pass to receive through a _signal_ the parameter I want. That is, the only way I can get the abstraction to receive from 1-p, 2-p etc. is to make each abstraction [myab 1], [myab 2] etc.. I would however like to somehow pass the receives through a changing signal, eg. a timer.
(Basically I would like to avoid creating millions of receives/abstractions if I have to count up to a million...)

Or rephrasing again the question; is it possible to pass to an abstraction a parameter through a signal? (signal->inlet->$1 where $1 is local to the abstraction)
Anyone any ideas? I would be really grateful, I've been searching for this for quite a while now...
Cheers

be careful with your terminology. in pd, a signal usually refers to an audio stream signal. i think what you mean is a 'message'

there's an external in pd-extended called [receive13] that looks like it does the trick, check the attached patch

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/receive13-test.pd

Wow, thanks, that's exactly it. And true, I'm not too used yet to the terminology, but I'll try and pay more attention in the future. Thanks again!