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JellyFire
02-07-2008, 07:16 PM
Hey guys/girls.
I'm having a bit of trouble working with substitute:
Say I have an imagePlane "imageName.0001.jpg"
I want to strip it down to "imageName"
Eventually I will add "imageName.####.jpg" and "imageName.####iff" for a shake script...

Anyway, what I have is this:

string $imageSeq = "imageName.0001.jpg"; //(this is just an example of course
string $stripped = `substitute ".[0-9].jpg" ($imageSeq) ("");
print ($stripped);


It returns "imageName.00"

How do I get it to return just "imageName"?
I hope someone can help to explain this to me, I find it quite confusing.
Thanks
Christian
goleafsgo
02-07-2008, 07:22 PM
Try adding a * after the ]
And I think you missed a ` when copy/pasting your example.

{
string $imageSeq = "imageName.0001.jpg"; //(this is just an example of course
string $stripped = `substitute ".[0-9]*.jpg" ($imageSeq) ("")`;
print ($stripped);
}
JellyFire
02-08-2008, 08:49 AM
THANK YOU SO MUCH! :)

So that is just acting as a wildcard etc..
It's all a little vague I believe :) I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon!

Thanks again!
Christian

P.s. Burnlington is a lovely place! I've spent a lot of summers there in my childhood with relatives...
Can't wait to go back for a visit ;)
goleafsgo
02-08-2008, 01:02 PM
Yeah, when you do: [0-9] you are saying a single digit between 0 and 9. Adding the * after it means multiple digits between 0 and 9.

And yes, Burlington is a great place to raise a family :) Just far enough away from Toronto but an easy commute for me.
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