Return of rs.GetRectangle?

[Mitch]

From the help:

Returns: Tuple
A tuple of four 3-D points that define the corners of the rectangle if successful. Points are returned in counter-clockwise order. See the image below for details.

If I look at this in the debugger, this looks different than an ordinary point list (see images)

What is this Rhino.Geometry.Point3d[]? It is what Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetRectangle returns, but I don't know what kind of object this is... Shouldn't this just be a tuple or a list?

There is no problem referencing the items in the list or whatever it is, I just want to understand...

--Mitch

[maniux]

Try the command:

print(type("the thing you want to know"))

It shows tuple on my computer.

[Mitch]

I get this:
<type 'Array[Point3d]'>

--Mitch

[maniux]

the code:

example = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetRectangle()
print (type(example))

still the same result?

[Mitch]

Nope... see attached...

[maniux]

Nope... see attached...

I'm not sure... python does not have "array" type. It might be just a series of point3d but not in a list.
I think this shows the difference of the two functions. For why it is like this, you need to read the code of the function to see the return values of the two function.

[Mitch]

I'm not sure... python does not have "array" type.

It does, actually - although I'm not sure how much it's used. http://docs.python.org/library/array.html

For why it is like this, you need to read the code of the function to see the return values of the two function

I did, and as far as I can tell, rs.GetRectangle just calls Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetRectangle(), so the two should return the same thing. Mystery as to why it doesn't.

--Mitch

[maniux]

It does, actually - although I'm not sure how much it's used. http://docs.python.org/library/array.html

Oh, thanks for telling.

I did, and as far as I can tell, rs.GetRectangle just calls Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetRectangle(), so the two should return the same thing. Mystery as to why it doesn't.

--Mitch

Perhaps you can submit an issue on the developing page of rhino.python to the developers.