Remove Item(s) from String[]

[rhoffm22]

I just finished a script that I needed and didn't find in mel funtions. So here take it and use it well guys.

/*
Created by Ricky Hoffman
Date of Creation: May 5th,2004

Inputs:
-String array of your list that you want shorten
-A sorted array of Int(s) of the location of removal

Return:
-String array of your list after removal
*/

//-------------------------Remove Item(s) from a String-------------------

proc string[] removeItemString(string $list[],int $num[])
{
string $tempList[];
int $tempNum[];
int $count=0;

$tempList=$list;
clear($list);

for($i=0;$i{
if($i!=$num[0])
{
$list[$count]=$tempList[$i];
$count++;
}
}

$tempNum=$num;
clear($num);

for($i=1;$i{
$num[($i-1)]=($tempNum[$i])-1;
}

if(size($num)!=0)
$list=removeItemString($list,$num);

return ($list);
}

//----------------------------Testing Area--------------------------------

int $test[];
string $testLine[];

$test[0]=0;
$test[1]=2;
$test[2]=1;
int $afterSorting[] = sort($test);

$testLine[0]="Work";
$testLine[1]="Eat";
$testLine[2]="Sleep";
$testLine[3]="Programming";

print "Before Removal:n";
print $testLine;

removeItemString($testLine,$afterSorting);

print "nnAfter Removal:n";
print $testLine;

//-------------------------------Results----------------------------------
Before Removal:
Work
Eat
Sleep
Programming

After Removal:
Programming

[sboy]

Hey Ricky....

There is a MEL command (a script, actually) called stringArrayRemove. I didn't run your script, but I think it's what you're trying to do?

[rhoffm22]

i saw that command but it was really not what I was looking for. It takes away from the list with a list. The one that I made has more control. It takes away base upon location.
Example:
The maya script stringArrayRemove

string $list[] = { "a", "b", "c","c", "d", "e", "f", "g" };
string $items[] = { "a", "c", "e", "g" };
string $diff[] = stringArrayRemove($items, $list);
// Result : { b, d, f } //

My script removeItemString

string $list[] = { "a", "b", "c","c", "d", "e", "f", "g" };
int $num[] = { 1, 3, 4, 5 };
string $diff[] = removeItemString($items, $num);
// Result : { "a", "c", "f", "g" } //

see how the "c" can be retain. If you had a comparision of something else and you need to remove base on location this script will help you more.

[sboy]

oh....I see. Right on. With stringArrayRemove, it will remove all occurrences of the string (or indexed value). Thanks for the sharing the code!