Syntax error help

[hgoldman]

hi.
i know very little about scripting.

i was having trouble with a file.

i sent the file to autodesk and received an email that if i pasted the following in the script editor it would fix my problem.
the problem is there seems to be a syntax error with this script.

string $connections[] = listConnections -c 1 -p 1 -s 1 -d 1 lightLinker1;

int $i = 0;

for($i = 0; $i < size($connections) ; $i = $i + 4) {

if( $connections[$i+1] == $connections[$i+3] ) {

disconnectAttr $connections[$i+1] $connections[$i];

disconnectAttr $connections[$i+3] $connections[$i+2];

}

}

when do this i get a message back saying:
// Error: Syntax error

when i paste the script t into the bottom pane of the script window and select it and then under help select>help on selected command

i get the following message:

// Error: There is no command named "string $connections[] = listConnections -c 1 -p 1 -s 1 -d 1 lightLinker1;
int $i = 0;
for($i = 0; $i < size($connections) ; $i = $i + 4) {
if( $connections[$i+1] == $connections[$i+3] ) {
disconnectAttr $connections[$i+1] $connections[$i];
disconnectAttr $connections[$i+3] $connections[$i+2];
}
}". //
// Error: Type "help" for general information about the help command. //

ddoes any one know what the syntax error is or what this should say?

also is the a MEL command or Python?

thank you very much,

hrvey

[joojaa]

Ahem.

[b] under help select>help on selected command

[/b]Why on earth would you do that? what should it accomplish. A command can never be more than one word long.

Everything beyond that line in your post is irrelevant, excerpt for the last question

[b]also is the a MEL command or Python?

[/b]Mel, but you have also executed it as mel. So thets not the problem.

Neither is the problem in the code you received. it works. Now this would be a hard conundrum if you wouldnt have said you pasted it. So this leaves with 2 options as far as i can guess without having actually your computer inf ornt of me:

1. there was something else in the window before you pasted the text. OR more likely
2. you have some invisible character in the mail. Now this is in fact one of the more complex to understand problems. for a  computer considers " " or the space character as a letter, but there are also a number of other blank characters available for a computer. All of the others except tab would mean nothing to maya. This would result in syntax error, its not really surprising that such characters would manifest themselves, most mail programs are utter animal excrement

So try this copy paste the relevant linesw gform the post you posted, paste it it a EMPTY lower part of script editor and hit ctrl+a + ctrl+numpad enter.

If this does not work then there is really something wrong with your mayas setup.

[hgoldman]

regrettably this did not work.
i also tried eliminating any invisible spaces/characters.

also not luck.

so when you paste this command into maya you do not get a :syntax error message?

string $connections[] = listConnections -c 1 -p 1 -s 1 -d 1 lightLinker1; 
int $i = 0; 
for($i = 0; $i < size($connections) ; $i = $i + 4) { 
if( $connections[$i+1] == $connections[$i+3] ) { 
disconnectAttr $connections[$i+1] $connections[$i]; 
disconnectAttr $connections[$i+3] $connections[$i+2]; 
} 
}

thanks,

harvey

[joojaa]

so when you paste this command into maya you do not get a :syntax error message?

No because simply put theres no syntax error in the piece of code. No matter how i go about parsing it, i ca even manually verify it is actually syntax ok. No, syntax error.

Try starting a maya thats not contaminated by your scripting evironment and any plugins.

Also what system locale are you using, Ive seen people having very weird problems because of this. (for example in Trurkish who have 2 different I letters with a dot and without, meaning our capital I is one with out and our small with so they re not the same letter, and that can how many systems into total disarray)

[joojaa]

Oh by the way do you have a very old maya? Or perhaps 2010?

In any cas e can you turn script editor window -> history -> show stack trace on and then turn script editor window -> command ->show line numbers on as this can indicate a bit more info than just syntax error