CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonmaya-api
epadilla
epadilla

Reputation: 21

Using maya python api - how do I change selected object name into upper case?

I have the following code:

import maya.cmds as cmds

list = cmds.ls(sl=True)

my_list = [object.upper() for object in list]

print(my_list)

However, it doesn't change the name of the objects even though it prints out upper case names in the print statement at the end.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1104

Answers (3)

Goodies
Goodies

Reputation: 4681

It's quite hackish, and I honestly wouldn't recommend it, but if you REALLY want to do that, you could do:

def global_var_to_upper(var):
    for _ in globals():
        if var is globals()[_]:
            globals()[str(_).upper()] = globals()[_]
            del globals()[_]
            break

abc = 123
global_var_to_upper(abc)
print(ABC) # prints 123

Upvotes: 0

J Richard Snape
J Richard Snape

Reputation: 20344

What you want is

import maya.cmds as cmds

list = cmds.ls(sl=True)
for n in list:
    cmds.rename(n, n.upper())

new_list = cmds.ls(sl=True)
print(new_list)

This is documented here with an example.

This code will rename all objects in list you can also work with whichever you have selected with cmds.select() if you want to.

Upvotes: 2

Aaditya Ura
Aaditya Ura

Reputation: 12679

The proper way to “mutate” a string is to use slicing and concatenation to build a new string by copying from parts of the old string.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions