Get vertex as single array

Question

I need to get all the selected vertices and store them in an array so I can loop through and find out information about each vert.

Although I cannot figure this out.

sel = cmds.ls(sl=1)
print sel

Returns:

//[u'pCube1.vtx[50:53]', u'pCube1.vtx[74:77]']

More or less I need my 'sel' variable to print out this:

pCube1.vtx[50]
pCube1.vtx[51]
pCube1.vtx[52]
pCube1.vtx[53]
pCube1.vtx[74]
pCube1.vtx[75]
pCube1.vtx[76]
pCube1.vtx[77]

Does anyone know how to do this without literally stripping the string apart? I think that's a very messy way around it and would like to know if there's another possibility! Maybe with the Maya API using OpenMaya?

In search of this, and after posting this, I very soon found an answer..... `cmds.ls(sl=1, fl=1)` — Shannon Hochkins, Mar 04 '13 at 02:18

Shannon Hochkins · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-04T02:30:40.130

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Well, it seems research has paid off!

cmds.ls(sl=1, fl=1)

the 'fl' flag stands for "Flatten", Flatten returns a list of objects so that each component is identified individually.

edited Mar 04 '13 at 02:30

answered Mar 04 '13 at 02:19

Shannon Hochkins

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Nothing wrong with answering your own question, but perhaps you can expand on what you learned that made that the solution. – Jason Sperske Mar 04 '13 at 02:21
That's a good idea too, thankyou @JasonSperske, I have expanded my answer. – Shannon Hochkins Mar 04 '13 at 02:31

Get vertex as single array

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