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Use Comp Name as layer index value?
Hi,
I’m planning on duplicating a bunch of comps. First comp is called “1”. When duplicating next one will be 2 and so on.
I was hoping to use these comp names as values in order to retrive data from layers in another comp. So the comp “2” would refer to layer 2 in this other comp.
I tried this:
cubeNumber=thisComp.name;src=comp(“valores-colores”).layer(cubeNumber);
Which doesn’t work since cubeNumber is a name and not a value.
Is there a way of turning the comp.name into a value?
There’s a hundred layers so I was hoping to avoid changing all duplicated comps ….
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5 Replies
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Try this:
cubeNumber = parseInt(thisComp.name.split(” “)[1],10);
src=comp(“valores-colores”).layer(cubeNumber);Dan
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Seems like I may have gotten it:
myInteger = parseInt(myString);
Didn’t know about the parsing term and find it generally a bit tricky to find information on these things.
is this Javascript? And do most javascrips ..functions work in AFX?
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Oh thanks! Seems as you replied justa as I found the information..
In the end the comp names when duplicating have turned out to be “0 50, 0 51, 0 52, 0 53….” But I guess I can find my way around splitting it up and only using the last 2 digits.
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>is this Javascript?
Yes it is.
>And do most javascrips ..functions work in AFX?
Pretty much all the core stuff–everything except the stuff used specifically for web pages.
Dan
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Final expression that I used:
First comp was named cubo 01.. then duplicatednombre=” “+thisComp.name;
nombre1=nombre.substr(5);
layerNo = parseInt(nombre1);
src=comp(“valores-colores”).layer(layerNo );works like a charm!
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