[Closed] Pathname context

the best and fastest way to get all children is the using the fact that node is a mappable max object:

join #() node 

Fantastic Denis, thanks for these samples.

people don’t use pathname too often in coding. but there are some interesting solutions which can be used in the listener for scene monitoring for example:

there are special roots – object collections – that can be used in the path (selection, objects, helpers, geometry, etc.).

here is a scene setup:

delete objects
dd = for k=1 to 10 collect (dummy name:(uniquename "parent") pos:(random -[100,100,100] [100,100,100]))
pp = for k=1 to 10 collect in dd[random 1 dd.count]
(
	#(point, box)[random 1 2] name:"child" pos:(random -[100,100,100] [100,100,100])
)
select (for k=1 to 20 collect (dd + pp)[random 1 20])

($parent*).count 
10
($selection/parent*).count
7
($child*).count
10
($selection/child*).count
5
($selection...child*).count
5
($objects/child*).count
10
($helpers/child*).count
3
($geometry/child*).count
7