Dear Mike, > Where would I store the reference to the object (containing my data) so > that I can retrieve it on the second call? Can I link it to the CGO object > or something?
You can reference the object in Your Python script just like: my_data = [] (but i'd prefer using a class for that). What is important is that a cmd.extend(x,y) call should be called somewhere in the script, otherwise Python thinks the data will be no longer used and calls the Garbage Collection. Kristian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kristian Rother" <kristian.rot...@charite.de> > To: "Mike Liang" <mli...@stanford.edu> > Cc: <pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:53 AM > Subject: Re: [PyMOL] Associating data structure with CGO object > > > Dear Mike, > > > > You can at least do the following: > > > > *** first call of command *** > > - parse the file > > - store the data in an object (dictionary, list, etc.) - you can probably > > store the Strings that make up the CGO object. > > - refine the data using the cutoff > > - create CGO object from refined data > > > > *** second call of command *** > > - delete CGO object > > - refine the data using the cutoff > > - create CGO object from refined data > > > > Message: You can create objects in Python scripts that are persistent as > long > > as PyMOL is running. > > This should work a lot faster than parsing the file several times. > > > > Kristian > >
