Function to return location of intersect with poly mesh and spherical object moving in the positive direction on the Y axis.

mel notepad with various code snippets

process selection list

string $select[] = ls -sl;
for ( $node in $select ) // process each
{
   /* ... */
}

if node exists

string $node = "object";
if ( objExists $node )
{
   // The node exists
}

regexp

Strip component

string $node = "pCube1.f[2]";
string $no_component = match "^[^\.]*" $node;
// Result: "pCube1" //