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SuperRune

06-17-2003, 05:17 PM

Hi,

I am trying to learn Maya expression, and I have two embarassing questions to ask. I hope they're not too basic, but I am having trouble finding the solution in the documentation. Also, my english isn't that great, so I sometimes can't find the exact english synonym to what I'm searching for.

First,
Is there a way I can include two conditions for each step inside an if...else?

Say I want something to occur at frame intervals; something from frame 20-55, then something from frame 56-61, and so on. There doesn't seem to be a way of saying "if (frame >56 and <61) {then..." Is there some other way to do this?

Second,
How can I put a variable inside an attribute? If I have ten cameras, each named cam01, cam02 etc - can I do something like this:
box.translateX = cam[number].translateX ??

I am new to programming, so please have mercy!

Thanks,
Rune

alexx

06-17-2003, 06:59 PM

#1:

if ((frame > 20) && (frame<30))
{....}
will only execute between frame 20 and 30

#2:

for ($i=1; $i<=10; $i++)
{
string $tmp;
if ($i<10)
$tmp = "0"+$i; // doing the padding.. would be obsolete without padding
else
$tmp = $i;

box.translateX = ("cam"+$tmp+".translateX");
}

you may wanna check the mel manuals again :)

cheers

alexx

SuperRune

06-17-2003, 07:18 PM

Yes, great!! Thanks a million, Alex!

It feels like I've been skimming through tons of manual pages , and I haven't seen hints of these - but I might have been looking for the wrong things.

Thanks again!

(R)

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