Can you export to a DAT?

General TouchDesigner Discussion
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Silly question, but is it possible to export a string to a dat ? That would be cool and save
quite a few ops, and streamline the logic of many networks that are using incoming DATS (which may contain a mix of data destined to parameters, but also to other dats)

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HI Dani,

I don’t see it documented anywhere but try this in a script (assuming it’s run from the same level as the target DAT)…

echo string-I-want-in-new-DAT > text2

if text2 doesn’t already exist, it’ll make one, otherwise it’ll write the string to text2.

Rod.

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thanks - I meant can you export to a specific cell in a DAT (leaving the rest intact)

sorry for not being clear.

dani

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You can only export to parameters currently.

Selina

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Another option is to use the chop() expression in a DAT cell and use the Evaluate DAT to process it.
-Rob