Redeclare a variable?

[hotliver]

This problem has been driving me nuts for years!

string $stuff = {"lizard","lips"};
// Error: Line 1.34: Cannot cast data of type string[] to string. //

(oops

[ame]

In reply to:
This problem has been driving me nuts for years!

string $stuff = {"lizard","lips"};
// Error: Line 1.34: Cannot cast data of type string[] to string. //

(oops?, I should have defined $stuff as an array)

string $stuff[] = {"lizard","lips"};
// Error: Line 1.15: Invalid redeclaration of variable "$stuff" as a different type. //

ARG!!!!?.WHAT DO I DO NOW? Restart Maya, just so that I?m allowed to use Stuff as an array? I can?t seem to find any Maya commands to redeclare a variable as a different type. Anyone know how I can redeclare a variable without having to restart Maya?

Thanks
Liver

When you start to write a script on the script edit add:

{

}

this way when you execute the contents of the {} variables inside them gets distroyed by maya and you can do what ever you like with it.

When you type directly in the script edit all the variable become globals and you cannot redeclair them anymore.

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[hotliver]

Works great when executing blocks of script, but when writing scripts, I prefer to run one line at a time which leads me to the same problem.

Thanks for you time

[wcy93]

so why can't you do that for just one line??

[hotliver]

Suppose I wrote a 50 line script. My scripts usually don

[ame]

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Suppose I wrote a 50 line script. My scripts usually don?t work right off, so I have to run it one, two , or three lines at a time. If I have to put brackets around every 1 to 3 lines of script, that would be a pain in the but. It?s easier to restart Maya so that I?m allowed to declare variables the way I want them in the first place. That?s all.

A wway to debug scripts is putting "print" where you need to have a result or where you think your scripting is not working. I would love to have a Visual MEL debuger

Anayway using print works for sure, thanks

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[hotliver]

O..I do that already. I just can't believe you have to restart Maya just to redeclare a variable. ARG!

[ame]

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O..I do that already. I just can't believe you have to restart Maya just to redeclare a variable. ARG!

it does kind of make sense, if you make a variable global Maya have to protect it because there is the assumption that some other part of the software will use the value of that variable.

I usually don't use the script editor to write my script and I tend to source them on demand.

Anyway my 2c

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[glocker]

Use any text editor to write your script. Setup a shelf button in Maya that will source and run your script. I think you'll find this to be a much easier way of developing mel scripts.

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