selection set continued

[gcsjlewis]

What I am trying to do is create a selection set of the "y" values of text.  I've started by pulling out all the text on the drawing, but I need it to continue to grab only the "y" values of the text on the drawing.

(setq alltext (ssget "_x"  (list '(0 . "TEXT")) 
        )  
    )     

I've tried a bunch of different things but I am still new to lisp.

[_Tharwat]

Try it like this ..

(setq alltext (ssget "_x"  (list '(0 . "TEXT") (cons 1 "*y*"))))

[gcsjlewis]

Nope, I get

; error: bad argument type: lselsetp nil

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[hmsilva]

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@gcsjlewis wrote:

What I am trying to do is create a selection set of the "y" values of text.  I've started by pulling out all the text on the drawing, but I need it to continue to grab only the "y" values of the text on the drawing.

(setq alltext (ssget "_x"  (list '(0 . "TEXT")) 
        )  
    )     

I've tried a bunch of different things but I am still new to lisp.

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manamalewis,

"create a selection set of the "y" values of text"

Do you mean a list with all the "y" values from each text insertion point?
if I understood correctly, perhaps something like this

(if
  (setq
    alltext (ssget "_X" (list (cons 0 "TEXT") (cons 410 (getvar "CTAB"))))
  )
   (progn
     (setq itm 0
	   num (sslength alltext)
     );; setq
     (while (< itm num)
       (setq texty (caddr (assoc 10 (entget (ssname alltext itm)))))
       (setq alltexty (append alltexty (list texty)))
       (setq itm (1+ itm))
     );; while
   );; progn
);; if

hope that helps
Henrique

[pbejse]

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@gcsjlewis wrote:

What I am trying to do is create a selection set of the "y" values of text.  I've started by pulling out all the text on the drawing, but I need it to continue to grab only the "y" values of the text on the drawing.

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"y" values.. <-- i wonder what that is? 

[_Tharwat]

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@gcsjlewis wrote:
Nope, I get

; error: bad argument type: lselsetp nil

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That error message is not belong to my line of code but related to the iteration of of your code , so post your code

to allow us to check it out for you .

Tharwat