Gary Lee Nelson

Is there a way with thispatcher to query whether a name is already in use by

an existing object. I want to use scripting to create an instance of an

object if the name is not in use and use the object if it already exists.

If objectname does not exist then create it with script new name newex etc.

Is there a way with thispatcher to query whether a name is already in use by
an existing object.  I want to use scripting to create an instance of an
object if the name is not in use and use the object if it already exists.

If objectname does not exist then create it with script new name newex etc.
And send data to the object.
Else send data to the existing object.

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson

checking-for-existing-object-names-before-creation

use jasch's posit object. send "names" to output a list of names local to just the patch posit is located in. send "names.global" and you'll get all the named objects in any open patch. come up with your own algorithm to test for a match!!

use jasch's posit object. send "names" to output a list of names local to just the patch posit is located in.  send "names.global" and you'll get all the named objects in any open patch.  come up with your own algorithm to test for a match!! 

There's also an object on my share page, pattrexists, which you could 

> use jasch's posit object. send "names" to output a list of names 

> local to just the patch posit is located in. send "names.global" 

> and you'll get all the named objects in any open patch. come up 

> with your own algorithm to test for a match!!

There's also an object on my share page, pattrexists, which you could  
use for this purpose.

>
> use jasch's posit object. send "names" to output a list of names  
> local to just the patch posit is located in.  send "names.global"  
> and you'll get all the named objects in any open patch.  come up  
> with your own algorithm to test for a match!!
>
> james


On 3/13/07 4:25 AM, "Jeremy Bernstein" wrote:

> There's also an object on my share page, pattrexists, which you could

On 3/13/07 4:25 AM, "Jeremy Bernstein"  wrote:

> There's also an object on my share page, pattrexists, which you could
> use for this purpose.
>
> jb

Checking for existing object names before creation