vector on detail (VEX)

[gerardocastellanos]

Hi everybody

I want to use the "detail" function as an expression in a node parameter to read a vector component.

detail("../sourceData","color.r",0)

but it does not work. I tried "color.0", same result

when I use just "color", it reads something, an average could be, anyway I just want to read one component of a vector value.

how can I do that?

thanks you.

 

[ikoon]

Hi Gerardo,
you should read the whole vector and then get its component.

 

Also, if the "../sourceData" is meant to be path to a node, then it is wrong. You should not use relative path to specify the geometry. Here are the methods:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/io/op_syntax.html

Or here, read my post:

 

Then, after you fix your path ... here are two methods to get the indexed component:

vector color = detail(0, "color", 0);

@color_r = color[0];           // first method
@color_r = getcomp(color,0);   // second method

 

Edited December 13, 2019 by ikoon

[gerardocastellanos]

24 minutes ago, ikoon said:

 

vector color = detail(0, "color", 0);

@color_r = color[0];           // first method
@color_r = getcomp(color,0);   // second method

 

Thanks a lot for your answer

but I am working in a parameter of a node, I can not write multiple lines code.

and I am using relative paths because it is a asset, and I want to re-use it in others places and scenes.

thanks you again

 

 

[ikoon]

Hi, in the title of the topic, you defined it as a VEX. If you are typing into a parm, then you are using probably a Hscript Expression Language, not VEX (it could be python as well). I assume that you have an Expression and this should work:

detail("../sourceData","color",0)

 

The detail() expression has different syntax then detail() vex function, and the third argument is attrib_index (or in other words, third argument is 0 for color[0], 1 is for color[1] etc.)

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/expressions/detail.html

What I wrote in previous post is related to VEX detail(), not Hscript Expression detail().

[gerardocastellanos]

opps.. my mistake, I tough it was vex...

really thanks you a lot for your support. 

[ikoon]

No problem. I hope that it works fine now.

I also want to add one thing. You can write multiple lines of code even in the parm, like this (start with RMB on the parm). Or hit Alt+E, when editing the parm:

[gerardocastellanos]

great!.. thanks for your help

Edited December 16, 2019 by gerardocastellanos