(ssname selection-set index)


Identify the nth entity in the selection set.


This function returns the name of the entity corresponding to the index in the given selection-set. The index refers to the order in which the entities were placed in the selection set starting with 0: index #0 is the first entity, index #1 is the second entity, and so forth.

Examples

Code Comments
(setq a (ssget)) Creates new selection set.
(setq part1 (ssname a 0) Returns the name of the 1st entity.
(setq part2 (ssname a 1) Returns the name of the 2nd entity.

NOTE The entity names returned aren't actual names like line or arc; they are numeric representations in hexadecimal.

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(setq symbol1 statement1 [symbol2 statement2] ...)

(ssdel entity-name selection-set)

(ssget [mode] [point1 [point2]] [point-list] [filter-list])

LISP Compatibility

Programming Overview of LISP (LISt Processing) Language