cmds.polySelectConstraint(mode=3, type=0x0001, random=True, randomratio=0.7)
On Mar 20, 4:51 pm, Ling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys: > > Need some algorithm help if possible.. > > Say I have 1000 points in a sorted list, and I want to select a > given portion of the points in the list, for example, 70% of it. Don't > need to be perfectly accurate, but the 70% have to be pretty much > evenly distributed among the 1000 points. > > I am doing a step selection right now, which is something like: > > selectedList = [] > remain = 0 > while i < 1000: > step = int(1/0.7 + remain) > remain = 1/0.7 + remain - step > selectedList.append(pointsList[i]) > i += step > > the step selection works, but just wonder if there is any better/ > faster solution I can borrow from you guys. > > Any suggestions would be really appreciated. > > -ling -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
