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eYadNesS

01-06-2011, 07:06 AM

Sorry, I'm beginner with mel scripting, any one could help me on writing the following script:

I have about 20 curve controls, I want if I select "leftLegControl" and press a button, its select "leftLegControl" + "rightLegControl"...

How I can change my string "leftLegControl" to "rightLegControl", I just want to replace left with right, or right with left, depends on what i select. And if there is no left or right in the string, do nothing.

Thank you in advance.

haggi

01-06-2011, 08:30 AM

I'd suggest if you are new, avoid mel, to python. There you can simply do:

s = "leftLeg"
s.replace("left", "right")

But if you want to stay with mel, you can try the "substitute" command.

string $leg = "leftLeg";
$leg = `substitute "left" $leg "right"`;

eYadNesS

01-06-2011, 08:59 AM

Thank you a lot, thats exactly what i'm looking for.

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