Removes one or more items to the collection. Compare this method to XSICollection.Remove, which only removes a single item at a time and XSICollection.RemoveAll which empties the collection completely.
Object XSICollection.RemoveItems( Object in_newVal ); |
oReturn = XSICollection.RemoveItems( Items ); |
The removed items as an XSICollection.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Items | XSICollection, Array or object name | The items to remove. |
Dim oColl1 ' object pointer for first collection Dim oColl2 ' object pointer for second collection Dim aItems ' array of items to add all at once ' Create the first collection & populate it Set oColl1 = CreateObject( "XSI.Collection" ) oColl1.SetAsText "Camera,Light" checkContents oColl1 ' Create the second collection & populate it LogMessage "----------------" Set oColl2 = CreateObject( "XSI.Collection" ) oColl2.AddItems oColl1 ' Since the Unique property hasn't been set to True, we can ' add another instance of the camera to the collection oColl2.Add "Camera" checkContents oColl2 ' Remove the light and one instance of the camera LogMessage "----------------" oColl2.RemoveItems oColl1 checkContents oColl2 '-------------------------------------------------- function checkContents( in_coll ) If in_coll.Count > 0 Then LogMessage "Collection now contains " & in_coll.GetAsText Else LogMessage "Collection is empty." End If end function '-------------------------------------------------- ' Output of above script: 'INFO : "Collection now contains Camera,light" 'INFO : "----------------" 'INFO : "Collection now contains Camera,light,Camera" 'INFO : "----------------" 'INFO : "Collection now contains Camera" |
/*
This example demonstrates how to split a collection into 2
*/
NewScene( null, false );
// ----------------------------------------------------
// Create a collection & populate it
var oFolks = new ActiveXObject( "XSI.Collection" );
var oSammy = ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull( "Sammy" );
oFolks.Add( oSammy );
var oRoger = ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull( "Roger" );
oFolks.Add( oRoger );
var oBelinda = ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull( "Belinda" );
oFolks.Add( oBelinda );
var oAgnes = ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull( "Agnes" );
oFolks.Add( oAgnes );
// This will tell us that Sammy, Roger, Belinda, and Agnes
// are all members of the folks collection
checkContents( oFolks, "oFolks" );
Application.LogMessage( "----------------" );
// ----------------------------------------------------
// Remove Sammy and Roger and save the removed ones
// in another collection, leaving the original with the
// two women and the new collection with two men
var oMen = oFolks.RemoveItems( "Sammy,Roger" );
checkContents( oFolks, "oFolks" );
checkContents( oMen, "oMen" );
//--------------------------------------------------
function checkContents( in_coll, in_id )
{
if ( in_coll.Count > 0 )
{
LogMessage( in_id + " collection contains: " + in_coll.GetAsText() );
}
else
{
Application.LogMessage( in_id + " collection is empty." );
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------
// Output of above script:
//INFO : "oFolks collection contains: Sammy,Roger,Belinda,Agnes"
//INFO : "----------------"
//INFO : "oFolks collection contains: Belinda,Agnes"
//INFO : "oMen collection contains: Sammy,Roger" |