How can I open and play a .wav file that has an alphanumeric name?

This part of the patch I made will randomly open a file if it's name is numeric (ex. 11.wav):

[open $1.wav(
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[readsf~]
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[dac~]

But, opening files that have alphanumeric names (ex. Eleven.wav) is confusing to me.

I assume I'll need to somehow use "[symbol]" or "[symbol(" or something like that.

The patch is attached.

Thanks

Yep, you need to specify that Eleven is a symbol to avoid "argument out of range" errors from [readsf~]. You could just specify in the message box like this:

[symbol Eleven(
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[open $1.wav(

or make it a symbol by running it through [symbol]:

[Eleven(
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[symbol]
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[read $1.wav]

Thanks for answering my question, Maelstorm. But, I did forget to ask:

If I have dozens of files, is there a way I can randomly load them without creating a text file of their names, then doing something like this?

[read .txt(
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[msgfile]
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[message(
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[symbol]
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[read $1.wav]
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etc...

I really want to just drop a patch into a folder of .wav files, open it, and let it run.

If you're on linux (or mac os, I think) then you might be able to do something like sending [cd /your/wav/directory( followed by [ls( to [ggee/shell] to get a list of the files. There might be easier ways, too, though.

No such luck, Stutter. But, I may have something, or be able to find something that will do the same in Windows 7. That's a great idea!

[hcs/folder_list] will give you the names of all the files in a directory, and you can filter them by type.

Thanks again, Maelstorm! That's very useful.

Again, you are THE MAN!