Weird pymel hierarchy results

[Aren Voorhees]

Hey all,

I've noticed this sort of thing sometimes when using pymel.  If I run something like: curSel = pm.selected()[0] with a joint selected it will normal return: 

// Result: nt.Joint(u'Hand_L_Result_JNT) //

That result is expected, but then other times it returns the entire hierarchy like this: 

// Result: nt.Joint(u'Arm_L_Upper_Result_JNT|Arm_L_UpperRoll_Result_JNT|Arm_L_Lower_Result_JNT|Arm_L_LowerRoll_Result_JNT|Hand_L_Result_JNT') //

It seems to happen randomly and I haven't figured out how to get rid of it.  Does anyone know what causes this, and how to prevent it?

Thanks!  

[Chris Lesage]

Hey Aren,

That (usually) happens when you have more than one node with the same name. Maya resolves the conflict by showing the entire path. 

You can still use .nodeName() if you need to grab just the name without the path. But watch out for conflicts.

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[Geordie Martinez]

Or you can always use .longName()

So if you try and select that joint later you don't get an error resulting from having two identical node names. 

It's probably better to have unique joint names in the first place.

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[Aren Voorhees]

Wow, what a goofy mistake on my part! - I had mirrored some arm joints, but hadn't renamed them before messing about with the script, hence the repeat names.

Anyway, thank you both for helping out!