#N canvas 706 50 837 439 12;
#X msg 43 130 bang;
#X text 128 264 creation argument initializes the value, f 21;
#X text 83 128 output the value;
#X text 150 159 set and output the value;
#X obj 43 272 symbol foo;
#X obj 69 14 symbol;
#X msg 58 160 symbol bar;
#X symbolatom 43 310 10 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X text 186 235 set the value;
#X symbolatom 110 237 10 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X msg 64 190 zorglub;
#X text 127 190 any other message is 'converted';
#X text 125 13 - store a symbol (i.e. \, string);
#X text 28 60 The symbol object stores a symbol \, Pd's data type for
handling fixed strings (often filenames \, array names \, send/receive
names or the names of other objects in pd).;
#X symbolatom 523 254 16 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X symbolatom 667 185 16 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X obj 523 216 symbol cis\ boom\ bah;
#X msg 523 121 symbol hey\\\,\\\ stop;
#X obj 498 161 bng 18 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 #fcfcfc
#000000 #000000;
#X obj 43 343 print;
#X obj 523 285 print;
#X text 50 400 see also:;
#X obj 125 401 float;
#X text 574 400 updated for Pd version 0.52;
#X msg 539 160 hi\ there;
#X text 450 51 Note you can also use backslashes to escape spaces and
other special characters (comma \, semicolons \, dollar signs and backslash).
, f 50;
#X text 163 324 NOTE: unlike "float" \, etc. \, there's no "send" message
to forward to another object -- that would conflict with the function
of converting arbitrary messages to symbols., f 86;
#X connect 0 0 4 0;
#X connect 4 0 7 0;
#X connect 6 0 4 0;
#X connect 7 0 19 0;
#X connect 9 0 4 1;
#X connect 10 0 4 0;
#X connect 14 0 20 0;
#X connect 15 0 16 1;
#X connect 16 0 14 0;
#X connect 17 0 16 0;
#X connect 18 0 16 0;
#X connect 24 0 16 0;
