How to get the name of a selected Object Python Maya

Question

Hei all, I have this procedural program that creates different object in Maya through Python. After the creation of these elements I want to get the user the possibility to select some of these object and though a button to delete it...The problem is that I don't understand how to get the name of the object... So far my code is this..

#Deletes Selected Element selected from the user
def DeleteSelection(*args):
    selected = cmds.ls(sl=1,sn=True)
    print(selected)
    #if(cmds.objExists()):
        #cmds.delete(selected)

#

And in the GUI I have this button...

cmds.button(label='Delete Selection', w=150,h=30,command=DeleteSelection)

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 02 '23 at 19:40

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cmds.ls will return a list, you need to check the list and delete what ever you want to delete, and sn is very bad always use long name because there can be duplicates.

selected = cmds.ls(sl=True,long=True) or []
for eachSel in selected:
   cmds.delete(eachSel)

edited Feb 02 '23 at 19:40

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answered Mar 23 '17 at 20:53

Achayan

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Thanks for the answer! What's doc? – Stefano Feltre Mar 23 '17 at 21:15
Oh i know the Maya page...It's simply that since I tried I wasn't able to work it out...But ok, I'll try more the next time :) – Stefano Feltre Mar 23 '17 at 21:19
also this: http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/maya/7564/finding-scene-objects#t=201703251839167615943 – theodox Mar 25 '17 at 18:39

How to get the name of a selected Object Python Maya

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