Oh, funny. You're right. I can't believe it's that simple. Of course! :)

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:37 PM, N David Brown <[email protected]>wrote:

> Why the change to the modulus? If you have simply i % colors.size, if
> size is 3 for example you get
>
> i = 1 -> modulus is 1
> i = 2 -> modulus is 2
> i = 3 -> modulus is 0 (which selects the last array member, according
> to the documentation)
> i = 4 -> modulus is 1
> ..etc.
>
> I didn't know I couldn't put expressions in math, thanks for pointing
> that out; saves some future headaches!
>
> Dave
>
>
> 2009/6/16 Robert Hanson <[email protected]>:
> > A few corrections there:
> >
> > the colors need quotes
> > the */i won't work -- can't mix math and select expressions that way --
> > should be model=i
> > the color line needs @{   }  surrounding the math so the processor knows
> to
> > treat it as a math expression.
> > Also, since the array is numbered 1 - 3 you would want, while modulus
> would
> > go 0 to 2. I would suggest:
> >
> >
> > var mycolors = ["red", "orange", "green"];
> > var ncolors = mycolors.size
> > var m = n; // 'n' is your model count here
> > for (var i = 1; i <= m; i = i + 1)
> > {
> >  select model=i
> >  color atoms @{mycolors[1 + (i - 1)% ncolors]};
> > }
> >
> > Ah, but the problem is "model" refers to the number the author has
> assigned
> > -- usually just "1" for a model in a file. If there are multiple files,
> then
> > each model is still probably just "model=1" -- at least if they are PDB
> > files. A better solution would be if we could just say:
> >
> > color atoms property modelindex
> >
> >
> > See Jmol 11.7.42
> > http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/Jmol-11.zip
> > and http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/new.htm
> >
> > ;)
> >
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:46 PM, N David Brown <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I haven't tried after writing it, but this should work:
> >>
> >> var mycolors = [red, orange, green];
> >> var m = n + 1; // 'n' is your model count here
> >> for (var i = 1; i < m; i = i + 1)
> >> {
> >>  select */i;
> >>  color atoms mycolors[i % mycolors.size];
> >> }
> >>
> >> The 'i % mycolors.size' means that if you get to the end of your
> >> colors list, it'll start reusing them from the beginning.
> >>
> >> Note that you can specify colors in the form [r, g, b] as well, where
> >> 'r', 'g' and 'b' are values from 0 - 255.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/6/16 Marie-Christine Vallet <[email protected]>:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I have a jmol window with n number of models and would like to color
> >> > each of my models with a different color without having to select each
> >> > model manually. I would like a script to do this automatically, is it
> >> > possible? Did I miss something in the mailing list that would answer
> >> > that question.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Marie
> >> >
> >> >
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