# string forming \*inside\* a network

**URL:** <https://framelib.discourse.group/t/string-forming-inside-a-network/90>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [23 April 2021 19:26 UTC](https://framelib.discourse.group/t/string-forming-inside-a-network/90 "2021-04-23T19:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![james.bradbury](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/framelib.discourse.group/james.bradbury/32/15_2.png) [@james.bradbury](https://framelib.discourse.group/u/james.bradbury)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 19:26 UTC](https://framelib.discourse.group/t/string-forming-inside-a-network/90/1 "2021-04-23T19:26:22Z")

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I often want to switch a buffer that fl.read~ is pointing to inside of a FrameLib network. I am fairly sane and name my buffers programmatically like `sounds.1`, `sounds.2` and so on. It would be good if there was a way to form strings to point at buffers within a network, rather than being dependent on having to pass in messages from outside. I am sure this introduces some worms to the can of thread safety but im no expert 🤷‍♂️