#N canvas 700 85 865 391 12;
#X msg 44 104 bang;
#X text 128 238 creation argument initializes the value, f 21;
#X text 84 102 output the value;
#X text 150 133 set and output the value;
#X obj 43 246 symbol foo;
#X obj 69 12 symbol;
#X msg 58 134 symbol bar;
#X symbolatom 43 284 10 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X text 186 209 set the value;
#X symbolatom 110 211 10 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X msg 64 164 zorglub;
#X text 127 164 any other message is 'converted';
#X text 125 14 - store a symbol (i.e. \, string);
#X text 141 313 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.;
#X text 35 40 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 text 480 25 Note you can also use backslashes to escape spaces and
other special characters (' \, ' \, ' \; ' \, '\\\, '$') \, see example
below., f 50;
#X symbolatom 532 230 16 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X symbolatom 676 161 16 0 0 0 - - - 0;
#X obj 532 192 symbol cis\ boom\ bah;
#X msg 532 97 symbol hey\\\,\\\ stop;
#X obj 507 137 bng 18 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 #fcfcfc
#000000 #000000;
#X obj 43 327 print;
#X obj 532 261 print;
#X text 705 273 see also:;
#X obj 720 295 float;
#X text 622 338 updated for Pd version 0.52;
#X msg 548 136 hi\ there;
#X connect 0 0 4 0;
#X connect 4 0 7 0;
#X connect 6 0 4 0;
#X connect 7 0 21 0;
#X connect 9 0 4 1;
#X connect 10 0 4 0;
#X connect 16 0 22 0;
#X connect 17 0 18 1;
#X connect 18 0 16 0;
#X connect 19 0 18 0;
#X connect 20 0 18 0;
#X connect 26 0 18 0;
