nametoinstrnum

Abstract

Returns the number of a named instrument

Description

Returns the number of a named instrument, or -1 if the instrument does not exist. The only difference with nstrnum is that nstrnum throws an error and stops the event if the instrument does not exist

NB: since this is an init-time opcode the name must be known at init-time

Syntax

insno nametoinstrnum Sname

Arguments

• Sname: the name of the instrument

Output

• insno: the instrument number assigned by csound

Execution Time

• Init

Examples

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
-odac 
--nosound
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

sr = 48000
ksmps = 64


instr foo
  turnoff
endin

instr findname
  ifoo = nametoinstrnum("foo")
  Sfindname = "findname"
  ip1 = nametoinstrnum(Sfindname)
  ibar = nametoinstrnum("bar")
  prints "foo has number: %d\n", ifoo
  prints "findname has number: %d\n", ip1
  prints "bar has number: %d\n", ibar

endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i "findname" 0 0.1

</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

See also

• metro

Credits

Eduardo Moguillansky, 2021