python expression in group name field

[photex]

Hello,

I'm trying to use a python expression to convert a point group into a string that can tell the polybevel sop to bevel edges instead of points.

If I select the edges manually and polybevel things work as normal.

But when I try to use this expression:

`"p%s" % "-".join(hou.hscriptExpression("pointlist(\"../bevel_group\",\"bevel_group\")").split())`

and I get an error that the group name is invalid. I'm guessing that it has something to do with the quotes that get returned since if I paste the evaluated string into an identical sop I get the bevel as expected.

Any advice would rock. I know that I still need work out how to append the first point to the end of that list, but I need this expression to at least evaluate before I spend more time on that.

Cheers!

[photex]

AHA!

My familiarity with Hscript damned me as I try to do fancy things.

The trick is to alt-e the field and then just treat the expression as a python function body:

list = hou.hscriptExpression("pointlist(\"../bevel_group\",\"bevel_group\")").split()

return "p%s-%s" % ("-".join(list),list[0])