PyMel select duplicated names

Coding
#1

I have a Maya scene with several transform nodes with the same name (and this could not be changed), e.g. “Object_A”.

I need to select objectst:

import pymel.core as pm
list = ['Object_A', 'Object_B']
pm.select(list)

Which results in an error. What workarounds are possible?
If you type Object_A in Status Line “Select by name” the objects would be selected without errors.

#2

Instead of passing an explicit list of strings to pm.select(), list them first using pm.ls()

import pymel.core as pm
objects = pm.ls(['Object_A', 'Object_B'])
# OR
objects = pm.ls('Object_A', 'Object_B')
pm.select(objects)

Edit: Also don’t use “list” as a variable. That will overwrite the list keyword!

1 Like
#3

Nice, thanks, exactly what I was looking for!

And yes, I would not have clashing names in my actual code!

#4

You did post actual code that an actual person ran. :wink: