Re: pass variable attribute to float input

[jdob]

To convert a string to float, just wrap it in float(), like this:

x = "1.234"
y = float(x)

I'm not sure why you need to do this though since localPositionX is a float attr.  getAttr() should be returning a float value, not a string.

locator = cmds.createNode('locator')
selX = cmds.getAttr(locator+'.localPositionX') 
type(selX)
# Result: <type 'float'> #


On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:45:21 PM UTC-7, pipo pescattore wrote:

Hello, I have a locator which I get his localPosition by using this command=

selX = cmds.getAttr(locator+'.localPositionX') 

the thing is that I need to pass that parameter to this function that only accepts  floats

        cmds.polyCreateFacet( p=[(0,0,0), (2,1,2), (2,2,3)] )

I tried doing this

        cmds.polyCreateFacet( p=[(selX,0,0), (2,1,2), (2,2,3)] )

but did not work

how can I convert the string value and pass that parameter to the polyCreateFacet input?

Thanks