pymel.core.rendering.lsThroughFilter

lsThroughFilter(*args, **kwargs)

List all objects in the world that pass a given filter.

Modifications:

• returns an empty list when the result is None
• returns wrapped classes

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
item (it)		unicode
	Run the filter on specified node(s), using the fast version of this command.
nodeArray (na)		bool
	Fast version that runs an entire array of nodes through the filter at one time.
reverse (rv)		bool
	Only available in conjunction with nodeArray flag. Reverses the order of nodes in the returned arrays if true.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
selection (sl)		bool
	Run the filter on selected nodes only, using the fast version of this command.
sort (so)		unicode
	Only available in conjunction with nodeArray flag. Orders the nodes in the returned array. Current options are: “byName”, “byType”, and “byTime”.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.lsThroughFilter

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Return all objects in the model that are named bob.
# (See the command "itemFilter" for how to construct these filters.)
pm.lsThroughFilter( 'texturesNamedBobFilter' )

# Return same objects as above, but sorted in reverse
# alphabetical order:
pm.lsThroughFilter( 'texturesNamedBobFilter', na=True, sort='byName', reverse=True )