i have problem with this code...

# 1 11-07-2007 , 01:06 PM

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string $selections[] = `ls -sl`;
for ($selection in $selections)
{
addAttr -ln vcoord -at double -min 0 -max 1 $selection;
setAttr -e -keyable true ($selection + ".vcoord");
}

when i try to execute i got this Message:

// Error: setAttr -e -keyable true ($selection + ".vcoord"); //
// Error: Illegal operation "+" on data of type string[]. //

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# 2 12-07-2007 , 12:06 PM

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Probably because the data type of your $selection variable is not defined. Try this:

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string $selections[] = `ls -sl`;
string $selection;

for ($selection in $selections)
{
	addAttr -ln vcoord -at double -min 0 -max 1 $selection;
	setAttr -e -keyable true ($selection + ".vcoord");
}

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# 3 13-07-2007 , 01:36 AM

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kbrown, in this case this isn't necessary.

faraj copy paste it from your post. it works for me.
and just by looking at the code it looks fine and like stated before it works sweet.

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# 4 13-07-2007 , 11:01 PM

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actually kbrown is right from the point of view that it's ALWAYS a good idea to declare variables with a type. It saves any ambiguity and means that maya can't get it's knickers in a twist (more than it always does!)

You can also get errors with commands like match and substitute if you dont declare variables explicitly as strings.

The code looks fine to me though. You may of had an old variable called selection already declared as a string array and that's why it was bitching.

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# 5 15-07-2007 , 06:16 AM

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Originally posted by Alan
The code looks fine to me though. You may of had an old variable called selection already declared as a string array and that's why it was bitching.

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Wise words my friend. This is why I always put everything inside an extra pair of curly brackets when noodling around in the script editor. This way you avoid declaring a bunch of global variables that can do all kinds of nasty things...

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