Hey hey,
I also have issues reading a string value from a channel.
instrt 1
   chn_S("Strings", 3)
   chnset("Hello World", "Strings")
   ...
endin

instr 2
   ...
   Sname = chnget("Strings")
endin
results in an error:
INIT ERROR in instr 2 (opcode chnget.i) line 21: channel already exists with 
incompatible type
#i0     chnget.i        "Strings"

When not using the functional form on the chnget it works.

I also tried chnget:i("Strings"), but no luck. What am I doing wrong?

Best wishes and many thanks,

Jeanette

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Mar 31 2021, Tarmo Johannes has written:
...
> It is good practice to always add the type after opcode in functional
> syntax
...
> chnset:S("Hello World", "Strings")
>   ...
>
> chnget:S("Strings")
...
Thanks a lot. I somehow didn't know that S could be used with this
syntax. I always assume only a, k and i worked to signify the update
rate.

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Jeanette

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Mar 31 2021, Tarmo Johannes has written:
...
> chnset "Hello World", "Strings"
...
It also works as an untyped functional statement:
chnset(Sname, "Channel")
This does not produce warnings.

Best wishes,

Jeanette

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To clarify:

* chnset:S() would mean "Use the version of chnset that outputs an
S-type variable" but there are no chnset opcodes that output values,
so the error is correct.
* chnget:S() would be appropriate as there are multiple chnget opcodes
and you are specifying the one that returns an S-type variable.


On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 4:53 AM Jeanette C.  wrote:
>
> Mar 31 2021, Tarmo Johannes has written:
> ...
> > chnset "Hello World", "Strings"
> ...
> It also works as an untyped functional statement:
> chnset(Sname, "Channel")
> This does not produce warnings.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeanette
>
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