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Hobbs

03-06-2007, 10:54 PM

Is there a way in code to select all nodes, not just objects, but nodes, with a similar name?

This name would be derived from an edittext box.

so if i entered green_box

it would also select green_box01, green_box02 etc.

I understand you can do this by calling up the selectbyname() command, but i'm looking for something a little more direct.

Thanks.

Moosley

03-06-2007, 11:05 PM

something like:

objSel = for o in objects where matchpattern o.name pattern:("*"+editBox.text+"*") collect o
if (queryBox "Unhide Hidden Objects?") then objSel.isHidden = false
else messageBox "Hidden objects will be selected, but will remain hidden"
select objSel

MerlinEl

03-07-2007, 06:48 AM

select $green_box*

Hobbs

03-07-2007, 02:53 PM

Thanks Moosley. Exactly what i was looking for.:thumbsup:

MerlinEl, thanks for bringing that up, I knew about that call, but i couldn't figure out how to add the edittext.text inside $ *, and still get it work correctly

MerlinEl

03-07-2007, 05:01 PM

execute ("select $"+"my_text"+"*")

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