How to get the name of a selected Object Python Maya

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Hei all,
I have this procedural program that creates different object in Maya through Python. After the creation of these elements I want to get the user the possibility to select some of these object and though a button to delete it…The problem is that I don’t understand how to get the name of the object…
So far my code is this..

#Deletes Selected Element selected from the user
def DeleteSelection(*args):
    selected = cmds.ls(sl=1,sn=True)
    print(selected)
    #if(cmds.objExists()):
        #cmds.delete(selected)

#

And in the GUI I have this button…

cmds.button(label='Delete Selection', w=150,h=30,command=DeleteSelection)

Asked By: Stefano Feltre

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Answer 1

cmds.ls will return a list, you need to check the list and delete what ever you want to delete, and sn is very bad always use long name because there can be duplicates.

selected = cmds.ls(sl=True,long=True) or []
for eachSel in selected:
   cmds.delete(eachSel)

Answered By: Achayan

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