Doug, > select oxy, name o*
should be select oxy, elem o FYI: The very latest betas have wildcards enabled for atom names, so in fact your original idea will work in future PyMOL versions. http://www.delsci.com Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:war...@delsci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of > Douglas Kojetin > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:55 PM > To: 'pymol' > Subject: [PyMOL] atom selection: wildcard > > Hi All- > > Is it possible to select all oxygen atoms (backbone & > sidechain) with a command similar to the following: > > select oxy, name o* > > I cannot seem to get any variation of that to work without > specifying all atoms (e.g. o+oe1+oe2....) > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. > Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time > involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting > solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, > at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >