pymel.core.general.DiscreteComponent

class DiscreteComponent(*args, **kwargs)

Components whose dimensions are discretely indexed.

Ie, there are a finite number of possible components, referenced by integer indices.

Example: polyCube.vtx[38], f.cv[3][2]

Derived classes should implement: _dimLength

VALID_SINGLE_INDEX_TYPES = (<type 'int'>, <type 'long'>, <type 'slice'>, <class 'pymel.core.general.HashableSlice'>)

count()

currentItem()

currentItemIndex()

Returns the component indices for the current item in this component group

If the component type has more then one dimension, the return result will be a ComponentIndex object which is a sub-class of tuple; otherwise, it will be a single int.

These values correspond to the indices that you would use when selecting components in mel - ie, vtx[5], cv[3][2]

getIndex()

Returns the current ‘flat list’ index for this group of components - ie, if this component holds the vertices:

[5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 25]

then if the ‘flat list’ index is 2, then we are pointing to vertex 12.

indices()

A list of all the indices contained by this component.

indicesIter()

An iterator over all the indices contained by this component, as ComponentIndex objects (which are a subclass of tuple).

next()

reset()

setIndex(index)

totalSize()

The maximum possible number of components

ie, for a polygon cube, the totalSize for verts would be 8, for edges would be 12, and for faces would be 6