I'm confused. I wanted to use a spare input with the point expression. Which is shown in the docs here:point() [www.sidefx.com]

it gives two examples both require three parameters

so I tried this:
doesn't work...

turns out I needed this:
What? I don't see this anywhere in the docs. Is it there? why not in the point expression card?

thanks

Nathan Apffel
point(-1,"dist", 0)

This is correct.

What you referenced is point() VEX function
But sounds like you are dealing with parameter expressions and therefore using point() [www.sidefx.com] hscript expression function which has slightly different syntax as you noticed

Thanks,tamte. hscript expression functions (which are listed as expression functions in the docs point expression [www.sidefx.com]) are used for parameter fields, not vex functions. This has been a source of confusion for me. thanks for the response.