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<c74object name="tosymbol" module="max" category="Messages">
	<digest>
		Convert messages, numbers, or lists to a single symbol
	</digest>
	<description>
		<o>tosymbol</o> accepts any message, number, or list, and converts it into a single symbol. The symbol has a maximum length of 2048 characters.
	</description>
	<!--METADATA-->
	<metadatalist>
		<metadata name="author">
			Cycling '74
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			Max
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			Messages
		</metadata>
	</metadatalist>
	<!--INLETS-->
	<inletlist>
		<inlet id="0" type="INLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Input to be Symbolized
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</inlet>
		<inlet id="1" type="INLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Input to be Symbolized
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</inlet>
	</inletlist>
	<!--OUTLETS-->
	<outletlist>
		<outlet id="0" type="OUTLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				The Input, as a Symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</outlet>
	</outletlist>
	<!--ARGUMENTS-->
	<objarglist>
		<objarg id="0" name="OBJARG_NAME" type="OBJARG_TYPE" optional="0">
			<digest>
				TEXT_HERE
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</objarg>
	</objarglist>
	<!--MESSAGES-->
	<methodlist>
		<method name="bang">
			<arglist />
			<digest>
				Converts any input to a single symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> listing
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="int">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" id="0" type="int" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Converts any input to a single symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> listing
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="float">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" id="0" type="float" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Converts any input to a single symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> listing
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="list">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" id="0" type="list" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Converts any input to a single symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> listing
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="anything">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input-for-conversion" optional="0" type="list" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Converts any input to a single symbol
			</digest>
			<description>
				The <o>tosymbol</o> object accepts any message, number, or list for an input, and sends a single symbol out its output. The symbol can have a maximum length of 2048 characters.
			</description>
		</method>
	</methodlist>
	<!--ATTRIBUTES-->
	<attributelist>
		<attribute name="separator" get="1" set="1" type="symbol" size="1">
			<digest>
				Specifies the separator character or symbol to be used when concatenating.
			</digest>
			<description>
				Specifies the separator character or symbol to be used when concatenating. The message <at>separator</at> with no arguments removes all spaces when creating a symbol (e.g., <m>1 2 3 4</m> becomes <m>1234</m>). When used with slash or colon separators, the <at>separator</at> attribute can be used to construct pathnames (e.g., <m>./patches myjunk myfile</m> becomes <m>./patches/myjunk/myfile</m>). The default separator is a space.
			</description>
			<attributelist>
				<attribute name="basic" get="1" set="1" type="int" size="1" value="1" />
				<attribute name="category" get="1" set="1" type="symbol" size="1" value="Value" />
				<attribute name="label" get="1" set="1" type="symbol" size="1" value="Separator" />
			</attributelist>
		</attribute>
	</attributelist>
	<!--EXAMPLE-->
	<examplelist>
		<example img="tosymbol.png" caption="Convert any input into a symbol" />
	</examplelist>
	<!--SEEALSO-->
	<seealsolist>
		<seealso name="conformpath" />
		<seealso name="fromsymbol" />
		<seealso name="regexp" />
		<seealso name="zl" />
	</seealsolist>
	<misc name="Output">
		<entry name="symbol">
			<description>
				A single symbol consisting of the concatenated messages, numbers, or lists. If the output symbol contains any spaces or special characters, it will be surrounded by double quotes.
			</description>
		</entry>
	</misc>
</c74object>
