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PhillipCrond

01-13-2006, 05:15 AM

How would I trim the length of a string? Like, take a long file name and truncate it down to 10 characters. Or trim the last three characters off a string.

Thanks a ton!
Brent

lostfilez

01-13-2006, 05:48 AM

Use the substring command, for example

string $myControl = "L_Shoulder_C";
string $newName = `substring $myControl 1 10`;

1 being the # of the character to start with, and 10 being the # to end with, leaving you with "L_Shoulder".

DezFX

01-13-2006, 07:45 AM

To strip off the last # characters of a string you can use the endString and basename commands.

string $testStr = "Muppetland";
string $endStr = endString($testStr, 4);
basename($testStr, $endStr);
// Result: Muppet //

brubin

01-13-2006, 12:45 PM

more elaboration on this topic:

http://www.ewertb.com/maya/mel/mel.php?howto=94

HIH
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