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d2d2 · Sep 2012

Hi,
In case this is the wrong forum to be asking for max script help I'd like to apologize and ask moderators to the correct section.

I am a max script newbie and I'm trying to make a loop that iterates through selected objects and increments a specified property by 1 or 5 according to the name suffix (Object_01,Object_02: 01, 02).

01 - don't increment 1*property
02 - multiply property by 2 etc

This is what I've got so far:

for i = 1 to selection.count do
(
selection.property = i*getProperty
)

monster · Sep 2012

I was a little confused by your description. You said increment (which usually means add) by 1 or 5, but in your example it looks like you are multiplying by the suffix.

Assuming you want to multiply by the suffix in the name this should work.

--LOOP THROUGH SELECTION
for obj in selection do
(
	--FILTER OBJECTS THAT HAVE AN UNDERSCORE IN THE NAME
	if matchpattern obj.name pattern:"*_*" ignoreCase:true do
	(
		--SEPERATE THE NAME INTO AN ARRAY USING UNDERSCORE
		--"OBJECT_01" WILL BECOME #("OBJECT","01")
		nameParts = filterString obj.name "_"
		
		--THE LAST VALUE OF THE NAME WILL PROVIDE THE MULTIPLIER
		obj.property *= (nameParts[nameParts.count] as number)
	)
)

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