Simple Blinking Light Expression, please!

Simple Blinking Light Expression, please!

MikeVerta
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Simple Blinking Light Expression, please!

MikeVerta
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I would like to write an expression to control a parameter (Renderman's glowGain) to toggle between the values 0, and 1 every frame.  0,1,0,1,0... etc.  I know this is dead simple.  Except for me, evidently.  

 

Would appreciate some help!

 

Thanks,

 

_Mike

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I'm not in front of Maya but maybe something like this might work?

glowGain = frame%2;

 

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MikeVerta
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Yep, that did it!  What does the % indicate?

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MikeVerta
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Interesting, thank you!

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