escape character in string replacement problem

[Mykman]

Hi all!

I have a problem with attribstringedit to replace characters in a string. It works well with / but not with \ . Is there a workaround for this limitation ? Like doing it in Vex or using ascii code instead of the \ character ?

If anyone could help me out that would be amazing ! I`ve included a sample scene.

escapeCharacterReplace.hiplc

[Atom]

Sometimes path manipulations are easier to perform using Python.

node = hou.pwd()
geo = node.geometry()

# Add code to modify contents of geo.
# Use drop down menu to select examples.

import re
for p in geo.points():
    s = p.attribValue("myPath")
    result = re.sub(r"\\\\",r"/",s)
    p.setAttribValue("myPath",result)

 

Edited March 15, 2022 by Atom

[Mykman]

wow thanks Atom ! I have not thought about this !