Hi folks, I hope one of you can help me out!

I want to assign each letter of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 with a separate wav file (33 in total), and then take incoming strings of mixed letters and numbers to translate them into a sequence of played wavs. For example, 'ats993pp' would trigger playback of a sequence of 8 wavs, corresponding to each letter and symbol, starting with the 'a' file and ending with the 'p' file.

Can anyone suggest the best way to go about that? I've tried various kinds of unpack/route configurations but it seems those objects aren't made for this particular task. What am I missing?

Many thanks!

hmm... I guess:
use s2l to translate the string into a list of symbols (1 character long each)
use list-dripslow from list-abs to output a member of the list
use makefilename to translate to an appropriate filename: something like [makefilename %s.wav]
put that into an open message to readsf~, then read it
take the right outlet of readsf~ and put it back into the left inlet of list-dripslow
edit: because s2l converts numbers to single floats, you need to convert the message to a symbol before s2l if it is a number, use [route float] and makefilename %d from the left outlet, and put a symbol object after the right outlet. put both into the s2l. this will handle the case that all of the characters are numbers

or
|a t s 9 9 3 p p(
|
[zexy/repack 1]

Thanks for your replies! sebfumaster, I can't seem to get numbers to register in s2l - I'm doing:

[symbol O2kjsg55g5(
|
[s2l]
|
[unpack s s s s s s s s s s]

and the outputs where there should be numbers are just blank, any thoughts?

Gromit, that looks useful - but again I am getting type mismatch error when unpacking using unpack as above...am I making the same mistake both times here?

It's because s2l converts it into a float value, however you could check for a number in the way I described above in the edit (put the route after list-dripslow). the makefilename %d is necessary to get it into makefilename %s.wav anyway
another edit: makefilename %u might be more appropriate

Ah, I'm getting at the logic now sebfumaster, I think your solution will work...but I'm still getting a type mismatch when I'm making:

[symbol O2kjsg55g5(
|
[route float] ________ [symbol)
| |
[makefilename %d] |
| _______________ |
[s2l]

It seems to make sense that the [route float] goes before s2l, but I haven't used [makefilename] before so that's throwing me off a bit! When would [makefilename %u] be more appropriate?

Thanks very much for your help, I think it's close!

Ah, it seems to work by sending the string straight into s2l if you also bang
[symbol(
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[t b s]
| |
| [ ) (zero symbol)
| /
[s2l]

Using this I've now got your process working great! Thanks!