VEX Wrangle Attribute ptnum hidden

[radurock]

Hey,

Probably stupid question but I'm trying to filter my impact data based on some attributes it has on it.

for example i run this in a point wrangle

if(@otherobjid == 0)
    {
    removepoint(0,@ptnum);
    }

The erorr i get is "Attribute is hiding global ptnum" . Any particular reason why it's doing that?

Thanks

Radu

[acey195]

that should work, are you running the attribute wrangle in point mode?

The error suggests you may be running it in detail mode.

Edited September 3, 2016 by acey195

[radurock]

Nope, just a point wrangle running on points

[Atom]

Seems like some kind of context lock.

Maybe try grouping them instead and then follow up the wrangle with a delete node on the group?

if (i@otherobjid == 0){
	@group_pointsToRemove = 1;
}

 

Edited September 4, 2016 by Atom

[iamyog]

From the top of my head since I can't check right now but from what I recall, the attribute ptnum is returned by the impact Dop Import Records, it conflicts with the global @ptnum attribute we are used to type in a wrangle.
Mid click the impact Dop Import to double check but you should see ptnum in the list. I reckon renaming it before your point wrangle should be enough to make it work. There's a more elegant way to keep everything as it is but I can't remember it right now.

[radurock]

Thanks guys, both solutions work just perfectly! 

[kni8_2k]

On 9/5/2016 at 2:13 AM, iamyog said:

From the top of my head since I can't check right now but from what I recall, the attribute ptnum is returned by the impact Dop Import Records, it conflicts with the global @ptnum attribute we are used to type in a wrangle.
Mid click the impact Dop Import to double check but you should see ptnum in the list. I reckon renaming it before your point wrangle should be enough to make it work. There's a more elegant way to keep everything as it is but I can't remember it right now.

THIS - WOW ! thank you for replying with this, because it was driving me nutz trying to figure out what was so bad about that simple expression.