Ahhhh! Completely forgot about the Exponent node. Thanks Stephen!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Stephen Blair <stephen.bl...@autodesk.com> wrote: > Those are powers of 10, so plug an Build Index Array into an Exponent node > and ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman > Sent: July-19-12 1:18 PM > To: XSI Mailing List > Subject: ICE self-referential array building, without a loop? > > Hey guys, > > At the risk of looking stupid, I'm wondering if anyone knows a cool way of > procedurally generating an array from a given length that results in: > #0: 1 > #1: 10 > #2: 100 > #3: 1000 > #4: 10000 > #5: ... > and so on. > > The reason I used the term "self-referential" is because with a repeat/while > loop I can generate easily with an "algorithm" > referencing the previous item in its own array, like so: > 10*(#0)=(#1) = 10*1=10 > 10*(#1)=(#2) = 10*10=100 > 10*(#2)=(#3) = 10*100=1000 > 10*(#3)=(#4) = 10*1000=10000 > I suppose it could also be called "recursive", somewhat. > > Seems to me there must be a simpler way to do this without a loop, right? > Maybe more coffee is the answer... > > Any clues appreciated. > Cheers, > > -- Alan
