Noob question about attributes

[jonathan-topf--2]

Hi there,

if i have a string called $objectName how can I use the X Y or Z components in my script

what i want to do is this kind of thing :

move $objectName.translateX $objectName.translateY $objectName.translateZ;

But thats not working, I'm unsure of the mechanism in general to access an objects attributes so any help is greatly appreciated.

best, jon

[joojaa]

Yes but each item is a string itself, its a name not a reference. The name does not do anything its just a name.

what i want to do is this :
move $objectName.translateX $objectName.translateY $objectName.translateZEither way you put it that cant be what you want. because it means nothing. So either you want:

move (getAttr($objectName+".translateX")) (getAttr($objectName+".translateY")) (getAttr($objectName+".translateZ"))

or you want:

move 1 2 3 $objectName;

[jonathan-topf--2]

thanks for that, joojaa, I'm always getting stuck with things like this

jon