class:: Pnaryop
summary:: n-ary operator pattern
related:: Classes/Pbinop, Classes/Punop, Classes/NAryOpFunction
categories:: Streams-Patterns-Events>Patterns>Math

description::

Returns a stream that applies the n-ary operator to the stream values of the receiver, taking n-1 streams as arguments. Usually, this is the result of applying an n-ary operator (i.e. a method with more than one argument) to a pattern.

Examples of n-ary operators are: blend, linlin, linexp, explin, expexp, clip, fold, wrap.

ClassMethods::

method::new

argument::operator
operator to be applied

argument::a
a pattern (or compatible pattern input)

argument::arglist
a list of patterns (or compatible pattern inputs)

Examples::

code::
(
var a;
a = Pnaryop(\wrap, Pseries(0, 1, 12), [3, 7]);
a.asStream.all;
)

// this is the same as:
(
var a;
a = Pseries(0, 1, 12).wrap(3, 7);
a.asStream.all;
)

// the scale argument can also be a pattern:

(
var a;
a = Pnaryop(\wrap, Pseries(0, 1, 12), [Pseq([3, 4, 5], inf), Pseq([9, 7], inf)]);
a.asStream.all;
)


// common cases:
Pwhite(0, 1, inf).linexp(0, 1, 200, 1000);
Pwhite(0, 1, inf).degreeToKey([0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11], 10);
blend(Pseq([1, 2, 3], inf), Pseq([3, 2, 1, 0], inf), Pseries(0, 0.01, inf));
::

code::
// sound example
(
SynthDef(\help_sinegrain,
	{ arg out=0, freq=440, sustain=0.05, amp=0.1;
		var env;
		env = EnvGen.kr(Env.perc(0.01, sustain, 0.2, amp), doneAction: Done.freeSelf);
		Out.ar(out, SinOsc.ar(freq, 0, env))
	}).add;
)

(
var a;
a = Pnaryop(\wrap, Pseries(0, 1, 12), [3, 7]).asStream;
{
	a.do { |val|
		Synth(\help_sinegrain, [\freq, (val + 72) .midicps.postln]);
		0.5.wait;
	}
}.fork;
)

(
Pbind(
	\dur, 0.1,
	\instrument, \help_sinegrain,
	\note, Pnaryop(\wrap, Pseries(0, 1, 12), [3, 7]);
).play;
)



// these are the same as:

(
var a;
a = Pseries(0, 1, 12).wrap(3, 7).asStream;
{
	a.do { |val|
		Synth(\help_sinegrain, [\freq, (val + 72) .midicps.postln]);
		0.5.wait;
	}
}.fork;
)

(
Pbind(
	\dur, 0.1,
	\instrument, \help_sinegrain,
	\note, Pwhite(0, 12, inf).wrap(3, 7);
).play;
)
::