thanks a lot for the reply , i will definitely use this now :)
On Friday, January 10, 2014 2:46:58 AM UTC+1, Ævar Guðmundsson wrote: > > What you need is a recursive function > > http://www.python-course.eu/recursive_functions.php > > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_traversal > ( depth first approach is good for all things Maya related ) > > Basically it's a function that keeps calling itself until it doesn't > find any further branches to climb > > Works great in Maya for all things connected to any other thing, similar > to how the Houdini tree traversal worked before they botched the core > traversal with subnets.. > > It's quite fun to write, in pseudo-code ( am on a phone, just answering > since you haven't gotten one yet, will send you an actual example later ) : > > Def crawl: > For thing found: > Tag checked > Call crawl on all results > Return > > Eventually it runs out of things to do and returns, kind of like a while > loop but instead of a parameter that stops it, it always stops when there > is nothing else to do. > > Hope this helps, and you have fun reading the links, the wording in > there sounds a lot more than the trick is. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/56288f75-5e8d-478b-9236-bb57db0751d3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
