Any way to query if an attribute already exists?

[nathanieljla]

I'm trying to find a simple way to see if an attr. name already exists. Right now I'm using a 'for-in' statement with an 'if' statement to compare the node name to the name I want. This seems pretty long and the 'for-in' statement doesn't set me up very nicely if I want to add an 'else' stateement.

something that queries and returns a true or false would be great.

Thanks for any advice,
Nathaniel

[jschleifer]

try the attributeQuery command..

if (attributeQuery -exists -node object "myAttr")
{

}

this way, if it exists, it will return 1.. if not, it'll return 0.

good luck!
-jason

[nathanieljla]

Excellent. I don't know how I over looked that. I also see there's an attributeExists command. Any idea's on querying the existing of a node? NodeExists doesn't seem to exist:)

Thanks,
Nathaniel

[nathanieljla]

Oh! Never mind. I found it. objExists

Thanks anyways,
Nathaniel