the chaincount reported in getProperty reports all chains -- including 
the "null" valued chain that involves water in older PDB files. Use

show info

for what you want.

$ show info
Molecule name ....... MOL_ID: 1; MOLECULE: HUMAN LYSOZYME; CHAIN: A; EC: 
3.2.1.17; ENGINEERED: YES
Secondary Structure . PDB Data Records
Brookhaven Code ..... 1TBY
Number of Chains .... 1
Number of Groups .... 130 (77)
Number of Atoms ..... 948 (154)
Number of Bonds ..... 1048
Number of Models ...... 1
Number of Helices ... 7
Number of Strands ... 7
Number of Turns ..... 7


-Bob

Eran Hodis wrote:

> Thanks Bob,
>
> But I'm getting what appears to be incorrect responses for the chain 
> count.  
>
> For example...
>
> 1tby and 2fbx should both have chainCount = 1, and indeed when you 
> open the Jmol menu by right-clicking on the applet and go to the first 
> entry in the menu (the PDB code), you see "chains: 1".
>
> However, opening a console and typing "print 
> getproperty("modelinfo","models",1,"chaincount")"  gives 2 in both cases.
>
> 3ch7 is an example where the getproperty response matches what we see 
> in the Jmol menu.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Best,
> Eran
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     They both are the same -- they need a model index (starting with 1):
>
>     print getproperty("modelinfo","models",1,"chaincount")
>
>     Eran Hodis wrote:
>
>     > It appears that
>     >
>     > x = getProperty("modelInfo","chainCount")
>     >
>     > sets x = ""
>     >
>     > and so does x = getProperty("modelInfo","polymerCount").
>     >
>     > x = getProperty("modelInfo","modelSetName") returns the right value
>     > for x however.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Jmol 11.5.41
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Best,
>     > Eran
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