Get node full path from a partial path

[salik]

Suppose this node full path is "/obj/some_group/..../items/my_item"

For example, after some coding here and there, I got its partial path instead - "/acc/items/my_item"

Is there any way that I can use this partial path to obtain its full path? 
I tried using hou.node("/acc/items/my_item").path() and I got an error stating that `AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'path'`

 

Edited November 24, 2016 by salik

[f1480187]

worknode = hou.node('/obj')
relnode = worknode.node('./geo1/file1')  # 'geo1/file1' will also work.
print(relnode.path())

Houdini will interpret paths starting from slash as absolute (full).

[salik]

Thanks for the reply.

Can I ask is worknode the 'starting' level for the code to transverse from?

I asked that because when I  tried using your method, again, I am getting the same error as I mentioned in my first post.
Only when I change the path from '/obj' to '/obj/some_group/', then it seems to be working. 

I guess it is not that versatile though this method is usable...

[f1480187]

Yes, worknode here is where relative paths will start from, if node(), evalParm() or any such method with path will be invoked. In your case, some_group node will be the starting point. For example, if /obj/some_group is a subnet node, you can access node some_node inside it by calling some_group.node('./some_node'), where some_group is a node instance, same as worknode in my example.

Edited November 24, 2016 by f1480187

[salik]

1 hour ago, f1480187 said:

s node some_node inside it by calling some_group.node('./some_node'), where some_group is a node instance, same as worknode in my example.

Edited 59 minutes ago by f1480187

Hmm, okay.. I will try to get my head around this. Thanks again!