Hello,
In the Wedge TOP (and other TOPs in general), what's the correct syntax for accessing a specific item from a string array attribute, in order to assign it to a new string attribute created by the Wedge?

I tried:



But this generates warnings about missing @mand @yattributes (it treats first letters of my_str_arrayas attributes for some reason). The result is an empty attribute (object_namein this case) for each Work Item.

The following expressions do work, but they're static, while I need the index to change depending on current @wedgeindex.

Array brackets don't work like that for PDG attributes. You should use the function version instead so you can pass in the index: https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/expressions/pdgattrib.html [www.sidefx.com]

Thanks, @tpetrick.

Now I'm getting Unable to cast attribute '@my_str_arr' to a numeric valuewarnings. As a result, Wedge puts 0 into the new attribute (object_nameon screenshot) for each Work Item. Even though my_str_arris an array of strings.

Here's what I tried:

Can you attach a .hip file?

Absolutely. Here it is.

If your attribute is a string, you need to use pdgattribs with an 's' on the end. The one without an 's' expects to retrieve the value of a numeric attribute.

Perfect! Many thanks for your help.
For some reason I assumed it was an overloaded function.