Attrib String Edit surface node

Edits string attribute values.

See also: Attribute

The attributes may be explicitly specified in the corresponding attribute text field. Exclusion is specified by preceding an attribute name with the carat character (^). All available attributes can be specified by leaving the field blank or entering an asterisk (*) in the field. If the first attribute is preceded by a carat then all attributes are assumed to be transferred except where explicitly excluded. In all other cases, no attributes are assumed except where explicitly included. Note that only string attributes are considered.

The active filters that are defined in the Editor tab are applied in sequence to the attributes that are specified in the Attributes tab.

The From and To parameters are any string patterns like “str[1-9:2]” or “t[xyz]”. The From parameter also allows matching patterns like “str* and str?”.

Examples

From	To	Produces
str1 str2 str3	tx ty tz	tx ty tz
str[1-3]	t[xyz]	tx ty tz
str[1-3]	tx ty tz rx	tx ty tz
str[1-2]	tx ty	tx ty str3
t[xyz]	trans	Xtrans Ytrans Ztrans
bob*	carol*	Changes strings that start with “bob” to start with “carol”.
hand	foot	Replaces the string “hand” with the string “foot”.
_	(1)_(0)	Swap the matched text on either side of the underscore.

Assuming an input of str1 str2 str3:

str?	t?	t1 t2 t3
*	op:*	op:str1 op:str2 op:str3
r	ring	string1 string2 string3
*[1-3:2]	foot[11-13:2]	foot11 str2 foot13
*	string[3,1,2]	string3 string1 string2

Parameters

Detail	String detail attributes to edit.
Primitives	String primitive attributes to edit.
Points	String point attributes to edit.
Vertices	String vertex attributes to edit.
Global	When this option is on, the From pattern is replaced for each occurrence in the string. When off, only the first occurrence is replaced.
From	The string pattern to rename. See examples above.
To	The replacement pattern for the string. See examples above.

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