cant rename node with variable

[vrman]

i dont know why i cant rename my nodes with str variable , can anyone tell me what is the problem ? setName not working with getChildrenName variable , but you can change it with typing string directly , for example newNodeGroup.setName('Hello')

here is the code

myNodes = hou.selectedNodes()
getChildren = myNodes.children()[0]
getChildrenName = getChildren.name()
newNodeGroup = myNodes.createNode('group')
newNodeGroup.setName(getChildrenName)

thanks

[symek]

Not sure if this is related, but you have a bug in second line, since selectedNodes() returns a tuple, so you can't call children() on that. 

Also setName() can throw an exception if name isn't correct, like empty string, so most probably your getChildrenName has some issue. 

[vrman]

24 minutes ago, symek said:

Not sure if this is related, but you have a bug in second line, since selectedNodes() returns a tuple, so you can't call children() on that. 

Also setName() can throw an exception if name isn't correct, like empty string, so most probably your getChildrenName has some issue. 

yes you right , here is the corrected script , but still rename not working , and i dont know why :

myNodes = hou.selectedNodes()
getChildren = myNodes[0].children()[0]
getChildrenName = getChildren.name()
newNodeGroup = myNodes[0].createNode('group')
newNodeGroup.setName(getChildrenName)

the problem is in last line , if you change that to :

newNodeGroup.setName(getChildrenName{0])

you can get characters by changing that number , but i cant get full name

Edited September 13, 2017 by vrman

[Atom]

It is not working because you are trying to rename your new node to the same exact name as an existing node.

Try something like this...

getChildrenName = "from_code" + getChildren.name()