Re: [PyMOL] iterate names in group

[Thomas H. <tho...@sc...>]

Hi Jared and Jordan,

Just want to clarify that dots for hierarchical grouping is optional. Any name can be put into a group, with the "group" command. Grouping can happen automatically with dots, depending on the "group_auto_mode" setting.

Relevant settings for dotted name handling:
group_auto_mode
group_full_member_names

Group command:
http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Group

There is no proper API to get the (first-order) children of a group. You can get all molecular object children (including children from nested groups) by:

cmd.get_object_list('(groupname)')

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 25 Jan 2016, at 17:33, Sampson, Jared M. <jm...@cu...> wrote:

> Hi Jordan - 
> 
> Grouped object names use dots to indicate group inheritance ("groupA.obj1"), so maybe try something like this:
> 
> ```
> from pymol import stored
> 
> stored.group_names = []
> group_name = "groupA"
> for obj in cmd.get_names():
> 	if obj[0:len(group_name)] == group_name:
> 		# either add them to a list to use later
> 		stored.group_names.append(obj)
> 		# or run your `iterate` command here
> 		#cmd.iterate(...)
> print sorted(stored.group_names)
> 
> ```
> 
> For me the printed dummy output looks like:
> ['groupA', 'groupA.obj1', 'groupA.obj2', ... ]
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jared
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Jordan Willis <jwi...@gm...> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is there a way to iterate through the names that have been grouped? 
>> 
>> iterate <groupName>
>> 
>> doesn’t seem to do it because it kills my pymol app.
>> 
>> Jordan

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Thomas Holder
PyMOL Principal Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.