nearest point neighbor vex sop, can it be done ?

[redpaw]

trying to create a nearest neighbor vex sop.. I've put together this little snippit of code.. and it compiles.. but doesent return proper Point ID's to the array.

I'm just scattering points on a surface and trying to get the closest 1-5 points to each point to use in a copy sop.

sop
neighborhoodGroup(string fileName = ""; int maxSearchPoints=5; float searchRadius = 1;)
{

float n[] = {0.0};
resize (n,maxSearchPoints);
int handle = pcopen(fileName, "P", P, searchRadius, maxSearchPoints);
int i = 0;
while (pciterate(handle))
{
int pointID = -1;
pcimport(handle, "PT", pointID);
n[i] = (float)pointID;
i++;

}

addattribute("nearest", n, maxSearchPoints);

}

I'm passing the string op:`opinputpath(".",0) to the fileName parameter, which works in another file / thread I found on odforce.

Not sure if its possible to ge the point number from the pcimport command?

is there any (other) way to do this?

I tried getneighbor but that relies on connectivity and I don't have connected points. its just a cloud.

thanks in advance

redpaw

[redpaw]

figured it out..

pcimport(handle, "point.number", pointID);

does exactly what I need.