[Maya Python] Extending/Concatenating List Problem

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#1

Good day!

I am building an empty list by appending list from an old list. The code goes like this

    fkConChildren = fkChildren[0]
    fkConChildren += fkChildren[int((len(fkChildren) / 2))]
    fkConChildren += fkChildren[-1]

However, when I execute print (fkConChildren)
It results as

spine01_FK_conspine04_FK_conspine07_FK_con

I think what I need is something like this (with comma and quotation marks)

["spine01_FK_con","spine04_FK_con","spine07_FK_con"]

The reason is I get an error when I iterate over the list saying

# ValueError: No object matches name: i #

Is there a way around this?

Thank you for looking at the problem

#2

You should post the actual code you are trying to run if you want help with the error message.

But yes, when you += like that on a string, it adds more string to the string.

fkConChildren is not a list, because it is getting the first item of a list, so it is no longer a list. It is the first thing that was in the list. In this case, a string.

myList = ['test', 'foo', 'bar']

print( type(myList[0]) )
print( type(myList[0:1]) )

# Results in:
<type 'str'>
<type 'list'>

print(myList[0])
print(myList[0:1])

# Results in:
test
['test']

Then once you have a list, you can’t use += or + to add a string to a list. You can use list1 + list2 or you can list1.append(anotherString) or list1.extend(anotherList)

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#3

Your assigning fkConChildren as the first index of the fkChildren list and not as a list itself containing the first child. To fix it assign it as a list:

fkConChildren = [fkChildren[0]]
fkConChildren.append(fkChildren[int((len(fkChildren) / 2))])
fkConChildren.append(fkChildren[-1])

Remember your appending a mutable list, not mutating an existing object.

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#4

Thank you for the responses

@clesage
RE: post the actual code
Will keep that in mind in the next post. Thank you.

Thanks also for the referring the type() function. Seems like a good tool to troubleshoot

@chalk

Thanks for the code. It works as expected!