ls selection prints output differently

[likage]

I have created some locators with hierarchy levels in them, for eg.

locator1
    |- locator2
        |- locator3
    |- locator4
        |- locator5
        |- locator6
    |- locator7
        |- locator8
        |- locator9
        |- locator10

While I am inputting the following code:

import maya.cmds as cmds
sel = cmds.ls(sl=True)
print sel

When I tried running the code on locator2 (selection includes its children too), instead of getting [u'locator4', u'locator5', u'locator6'] etc as my output, I am getting [u'locator2', u'locator2|locator3'], notice that the latter output seems to give the full path. I am seeing the same result within the list should I be selecting everything too

Can someone tell me why this is so? FYI, I am trying to get each item individual name or is there a better way to deal this?

[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

hey

this locators based on your tree aren't children of locator2:

[u'locator4', u'locator5', u'locator6']

this code just give you everything you select, not their childrens

what exactly you want to print out?

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[likage]

Hi there, I using [u'locator4', u'locator5', u'locator6'], using that as an example.. Pardon me if I did not state that clearly.

I am trying to get the same/similar output when you select locator2 but instead, [u'locator2', u'locator2|locator3'] is the result of it

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

but when i select just locator2 and run your code it give me [u'locator2'] not its children with fullpath. :)

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[likage]

Select both locator2 and locator3 instead

[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

i did
this is the result [u'locator2', u'locator3']

restart maya and create a new scene, create locator1 and duplicate it a few times then parent together as you want then test the code again

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 12:24 PM, likage <dissid...@gmail.com> wrote:

Select both locator2 and locator3 instead

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

if you use long (l) flag, it will return fullpath

import maya.cmds as cmds
sel = cmds.ls(sl=True, l=True)
print sel

result: [u'|locator1|locator2', u'|locator1|locator2|locator3']

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

You can use this for formatting your code in your email:
http://markdown-here.com/

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[likage]

Okay, this is freaking weird now... :/

When I selected locator2, it is actually giving me [u'locator2', u'locator2|locator3'] and not [u'locator2', u'locator3']
Now that I try to recreate the same set of hierarchy as I did, it is working correctly, whether the locators are created newly or duplicated many times from just one..

[Nicolas Combecave]

It looks like that you have another locator3 outside this hierarchy in the scene giving you results with a pipe "|"...

Can you try cmds.ls('locator3', l=True), just to be sure you don't have another one burried somewhere?

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

my tree in outliner is like this

>locator1
    --->locator2
        ---->locator3

and cmds.ls('locator3', l=True) give me this result: [u'|locator1|locator2|locator3']

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

This is logical.

what is the problem?

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[Mahmoodreza Aarabi]

Nicolas, based on his first post he don’t have locator3 another place

locator1
    |- locator2
        |- locator3
    |- locator4
        |- locator5
        |- locator6
    |- locator7
        |- locator8
        |- locator9
        |- locator10

but if have another one yes he will get full path of that he selected

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[likage]

Unfortunately I have killed off that 'problematic' scene but I can be sure that I do not have an extra locator3...
Still trying to find the root cause of why I am getting the [u'locator2', u'locator2|locator3'] initially...