attribtype

If you know the attribute class ahead of time, using detailattribtype, primattribtype, pointattribtype, or vertexattribtype may be faster.

int  attribtype(<geometry>geometry, string attribclass, string attribute_name)

<geometry>

When running in the context of a node (such as a wrangle SOP), this argument can be an integer representing the input number (starting at 0) to read the geometry from.

Alternatively, the argument can be a string specifying a geometry file (for example, a .bgeo) to read from. When running inside Houdini, this can be an op:/path/to/sop reference.

attribclass

One of "detail" (or "global"), "point", "prim", or "vertex".

You can also use "primgroup", "pointgroup" or "vertexgroup" to read from groups.

Returns

A numeric code indicating the attribute type:

-1	Attribute not found, or unknown type.
0	Integer
1	Float or vector
2	String
3	Array of integers (or integer tuples)
4	Array of floats (or float tuples)
5	Array of strings.
6	Dictionary
7	Array of Dictionaries

Examples

examples

// Get the type of the position attribute of "defgeo.bgeo"
int type = attribtype("defgeo.bgeo", "point", "P");