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Reputation: 1

maya python: 'list' object is not callable #

so im working on a simple frame counter script as a way to start learning python in maya.

My plan is to have the script figure out how many frames are in the timeline , and then for each frame to create a text number (using the text curves command) then key the visibility on and off of these. I figure this will be faster than building them on the fly. Ive ran into a little problem trying to get the script to build the number on each frame though. script below:

code

import maya.cmds as cmds  
newcurrent = cmds.currentTime(frame)     
start = cmds.playbackOptions( q=True,min=True )
end  = cmds.playbackOptions( q=True,max=True )
timerange = [start, end]

for frame in range (timerange):

        cmds.textCurves( f='Times-Roman', t= newcurrent )

its obviously the 'for frame in range (timerange):' section that is causing me some problems. Im not sure on the correct syntax to do what I want here

thanks for any help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 300

Answers (1)

Arya McCarthy
Arya McCarthy

Reputation: 8814

I'm going to assume that start and end are ints, because you haven't provided that information. (If they're not ints, you shouldn't be using range anyway.) In the future, aim to create a [mcve].

What you've written amounts to this:

range([3, 7])

What you want though is this:

range(3, 7)

You can do this by one of these two approaches:

# Option 1
range(*timerange)
# Option 2
range(start, end)

Upvotes: 1

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