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29 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>Library<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></b></span><b>keeping objects in a central place</b></p>
30 <p class="p2"><br></p>
31 <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><b>Inherits from: </b><a href="../Core/Object.html"><span class="s3"><b>Object</b></span></a><b> : </b><a href="Collection.html"><b>Collection</b></a><b> : </b><a href="MultiLevelIdentityDictionary.html"><b>MultiLevelIdentityDictionary</b></a><b> : </b><a href="LibraryBase.html"><span class="s3"><b>LibraryBase</b></span></a></span></p>
32 <p class="p2"><br></p>
33 <p class="p1">Library is a global MultiLevelIdentityDictionary.</p>
34 <p class="p4"><br></p>
35 <p class="p3"><span class="s2">see also: <a href="Archive.html"><span class="s4">Archive</span></a></span><span class="s3">, <a href="LibraryBase.html"><span class="s5">LibraryBase</span></a></span></p>
36 <p class="p4"><br></p>
37 <p class="p5"><b>Methods: see superclass.</b></p>
38 <p class="p4"><br></p>
39 <p class="p1">The last argument to put is the object being inserted:</p>
40 <p class="p6"><br></p>
41 <p class="p7"><span class="s3">Library</span><span class="s2">.put(</span><span class="s6">\multi</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s6">\level</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s6">\addressing</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s6">\system</span><span class="s2">, </span>"i'm the thing you are putting in here"<span class="s2">);</span></p>
42 <p class="p2"><br></p>
43 <p class="p8"><span class="s3">Library</span><span class="s2">.at(</span>\multi<span class="s2">, </span>\level<span class="s2">, </span>\addressing<span class="s2">, </span>\system<span class="s2">).postln;</span></p>
44 <p class="p2"><br></p>
45 <p class="p8"><span class="s3">Library</span><span class="s2">.atList([</span>\multi<span class="s2">, </span>\level<span class="s2">, </span>\addressing<span class="s2">, </span>\system<span class="s2">]).postln;</span></p>
46 <p class="p2"><br></p>
47 <p class="p1">The Library can be used as a place to store data that you want globally accesible.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Its an alternative to using class variables.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Its a nice place to store menus, annotations, and commonly reusable functions.</p>
48 <p class="p2"><br></p>
49 <p class="p1"><b>postTree</b></p>
50 <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>post a formatted description of the entire library</p>
51 <p class="p2"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p>
52 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="s3">Library</span>.postTree;</p>
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