Hey guys, I’m looking to be able to filter (like true or false) a list if it has a letter in it.
What I’m trying to achieve:
I am going to replace all the Mark Values with Element ID. I got that script to work no problem.
Issue is, before i can apply this script i have to search the Mark Values and make sure no one has put a “comment” in it. Typically it is something like “Panel xyz needs to be connected to wrx”. In any case, it could be a mix of letters and numbers. Since the Mark Value should ONLY contain numbers, i want to be able to filter all my marks by separating the ones that have this potential comment in there.
I tried different methods. I just do not think i have my head around a way to filter by letters. Here is what i have done (I’ve tried different approaches but don’t have it on this clip)
Let me know if there is a node, method or even a thread i can look in.
I highly appreciate your time and help and am learning every time i come here. Thank you for your time.
Use cross product instead of @L1 for the String.Contains node. This will give you sublists of n string checks based on your n-sized alphabet.
You can count the number of ‘true’ hits in the sublists at this point to determine how many letters exist.
How long are the marks? if they vary project to project, you could ask for user input at the start, flag and that are more than 1 more or less than the user input. Or like create a default when a new project is created that the script can reference. Standard element IDs are like 6-7, right?
Could also just look for spaces.
If your users aren’t picky about seeing errors, you could try String.ToNumber, clean w/ preserve, filter
well, that seems to do it. unreal, AmolShah, helped me with a previous question i had that i didn’t think this would apply to. i will make sure from now on to attempt anything i was taught before trying to reinvent the wheel.
Now if i want to be able to select said elements that are “true” in the project to make sure i do not overwrite them and give time for the designer to copy his “comment” elsewhere.
This also worked, but the solution set by @Drbohlav seems to be more elegant and simpler. Thank you very much for your help and input.
@DaftPooch Try this:
I’ve removed your dependency on packages and also made sure that capital start letters are also covered in the check.
Also, you don’t need to type in a through z in the code block you can simply use
“A”…“Z” or “a”…“z” or “A”…“z”
Just use the same boolean mask to filter the elements as well.
holy guacamole @AmolShah thank you for your prompt help!! that’s absolutely awesome. I will try this out right now!
