I still don't understand comparison between the current item from the
selection and "myObj*". Can objects actually have a literal * in their name
in Maya? When would this check actually pass?
On Sat, Apr 8, 2017, 3:32 PM Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah and I forgot to mention, you should not use `myobj` for both the
> pattern matching and object in selection. It makes the code less clear.
> Better to use some other name. Here's what I suggest:
>
> def delcube(self, *args):
> sel = cmds.ls("myCube*", sl=True, dag=True, v=True, ud=False)
>
>
> todelete = "myCube*"
> for myobj in sel:
> if myobj == todelete:
>
>
> try:
> cmds.delete(myobj)
> except ValueError:
> # Shape Node already deleted
> pass
>
> also notice that the try, except should be inside the loop otherwise the
> for loop will run only once.
>
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