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[swardson]

I am confused about whether or not you are writing a mel script or an expression. If you are writing a mel script, here is your problem:

if($name.translateX < 0){
move -r 1 50 0;
}

you cant directly get the value of of an objects attribute from mel, only from an expression.

to do this, you want to use the getAttr function.

string $object = ($name + ".translateX");
float $nameTX = `getAttr $object`;
if ($nameTX <0){
move -r 1 50 0;
}

if you are writing an expression that continually executes, you will want to avoid getAttr and use something else.

let me know if this helps or if I am confused

-Brad

[fbitonti]

Ok i'm still having the problem


for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i = $i + 1)
{
float $curvealgo = sin($i) *$i/4;
string $name = "test" + $i;
duplicate -rr;
move -r 1 $curvealgo 0;
rename ("test" + $i);
print ($name);

if($name.translateX < 0){
move -r 1 50 0;
}
}

This is what my script looks like now but i'm still getting the syntax error.

The way i'm using this is that I'm creating a nurbs object.

then i'm selecting it

then I execute this littel script.

however it does not work.

Thank you so much for the quick answere. if your still confused please let me know.

[fbitonti]

basicaly i just want to know how to intergrate the if statement into the look and not get an error....

[enbee]

did you try what musicraker said?

[fbitonti]

yes i did try what he said I posted those alterations in the script on my last post. I still get the syntax error.

the error looks like this

// Error: if ($name.translateX < 0)
//
// Error: Syntax error //

[enbee]

Well I don't see that you did in the code you posted. You are still trying to get directly at an attribute and you can't do that in a mel script. You can't say $name.translateX . You have to use the getAttr command and put the result of that into a new variable, then use that variable in the if statement.

[swardson]

yeah, you didnt do what I suggested,

here run this code and see if it does what you want.

for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++){

float $curvealgo = sin($i) *$i/4;
string $name = "test" + $i;
duplicate -rr;
move -r 1 $curvealgo 0;
rename ("test" + $i);
print ($name);

string $object = ($name + ".translateX");
float $nameTX = `getAttr $object`;

if ($nameTX <0){
move -r 1 50 0;
}
}

I ran this and got no syntax errors, so hopefully there will be no logic errors in the code.

-Brad

[fbitonti]

ok guys i was reading the post wrong. thanks a bunch!!!

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