Re: sclang: asterisk (was: [sc-users] Event Timing Offset)

[James Harkins <jamshark70@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/3/06, Andrzej Kopec <akopec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > ~args = [TempoClock.default, true, [8.0, -0.15]]
>  >
>  > k.play(*~args);
>
>  One question: what do the asterisk ("*") stands for in this statement?

Your first place to look for questions like this is the symbolic
notations help file.

f.(*argList)					evaluate the function with the arguments in an array

e.g.,

f = { |a, b| a.debug("a"); b.debug("b"); };
f.(1, 2);

a = { 10.rand + 1 } ! 2;
f.(*a);

hjh

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