# MEL functions from API

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/mel-functions-from-api/7848
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [March 6, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/mel-functions-from-api/7848 "2000-03-06T04:06:46Z")
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### Author: ![nerffootball](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/nerffootball/32/54753_2.png) [@nerffootball](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/nerffootball)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/mel-functions-from-api/7848/1 "2000-03-06T04:06:46Z")

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I was wondering if it's possible to execute a MEL command from the API. There are some high-level MEL commands that it would be great to have access to. Can I formulate a string and "eval" it in MEL somehow?  
Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![mattsetzer](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mattsetzer](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/mattsetzer)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/mel-functions-from-api/7848/2 "2000-03-07T22:09:15Z")

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I haven't used it, but it seems like MGlobal::executeCommand is what you want.

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### Author: ![videohead](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/videohead/32/55639_2.png) [@videohead](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/videohead)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/mel-functions-from-api/7848/3 "2000-03-09T23:36:01Z")

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I was interested in the same thing. I'm told by Maya support use can use MGlobal::executeCommand, but it won't run much faster than just using MEL