Hi all, I am trying to convert the following Mel into python but was met
with some trouble.
Though I do not intend to implement the code, still, I would like to be
enlighten, shedding some light as I am trying to learn / be knowledgeable
in both Mel and Python..
The following is the Mel code:
string $window = `window -title "Long Name" -iconName "Short Name"`;
columnLayout -adjustableColumn true;
// this is maya's global variable of all the preset film backs
global string $gFilmbackTable[];
// create an option menu that will contain all the preset film backs
optionMenu - l "Film Gate" omFilmbackMenu;
// grab the film backs in the table and add them to the drop down menu
for($i=0; $i < size($gFilmbackTable); $i += 3) {
menuItem -l $gFilmbackTable[$i];
}
showWindow $window;
And the following is the converted Python that I did:
import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.mel as mel
win = cmds.window(title = "Long Name", iconName = "Short Name", widthHeight
= (200, 55))
cmds.columnLayout(adjustableColumn = True)
fbTable = mel.eval('global string $gFilmbackTable[]')
# fbValues = mel.eval('$gFilmbackTable')
cmds.optionMenu("omFilmbackMenu", label = "Film Gate")
cmds.showWindow(win)
First problem that I had, is grabbing the value of $gFilmbackTable. As I
tried printing them out (fbValues), it either prompts me error saying
- RuntimeError: Error occurred during execution of MEL script
Whereas in Mel tab, it is able to print out a list of things.. Guess I
screwed up somewhere?
The second issue that I had would be converting the for statement (and
onwards) in Mel to python. While I can think of replacing 'size' with
'len', but the other parameters within - $i=0 and $i += 3, how do I do so
in Python?
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