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thematt

03-22-2006, 12:48 PM

Hi all,
my brain is going very slow today and I can't figure an easy way of doing that simple thing.
I need to replace part of the string that contain multiple the same letter or symbol.
Here is what i need as an example.

I have something like
myobject_prop_Anim_translateX and want to replace it by myobject_prop_Anim.translateX

it simply to reconnect animcurves that are name toward what they were connected too, but I need to replace the last "_" and only this one by a "."

any help will be very appreciate.

cheers

A_New_Hope

03-22-2006, 01:39 PM

here is something to start from :)

string $CurrentName = "myobject_prop_Anim_translateX";

string $AttrName = `match "[^_]*$" $CurrentName`;
// Result: translateX //

string $NewName = `substitute "[^_]*$" $CurrentName ""`;
// Result: myobject_prop_Anim //

string $NewName = $NewName+"."+$AttrName;
// Result: myobject_prop_Anim.translateX //

for more info about about matching and extracting stuff from strings
check out Bryan Ewert site http://www.ewertb.com/maya/

thematt

03-22-2006, 03:33 PM

thanks..I had a solution working, but not as elegant as this one.
Thanks I really have to look closer to the match command..I don't know why but i can't seem to remember how it works everytime I use it.

cheers

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