Bell: Concatenate

[sydy]

is there a way to concatenate a symbol with a number?

I tried like this but is doesn't work:
'voice'+$number

[danieleghisi]

I don't think so, but +1 for me. I've also been craving for that for quite some time
What would be needed is some sort of str() or format() function, I guess, but Andrea is the one to answer about bell

[sydy]

(Actually I think I remember now that I already asked this about two years ago...)

Yes, it's really needed. I often need strings and converting llll to txt and then writing symbols is bad because it fills up the max symbol table and when you have many thousands of them it can become a problem. Also it really diminishes the power of bach.eval as in many cases you'll need more than one patch.