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sim.getExtensionString
Retrieves a string that describes additional environment or object properties, mainly used by extension plugins.
Synopsis
string theString = sim.getExtensionString(int objectHandle, int index, string key = None)
string theString = sim.getExtensionString(int objectHandle, int index, string key = nil)
Arguments
- objectHandle: handle of an object, or -1 if you wish to retrieve the extension string of the environment
- index: keep to -1, unless the object is a shape, and you wish to retrieve the extension string of a shape component (since a shape can be a compound of several other shapes)
- key: optional key indicating what value to retrieve. If None/nil is specified, then the whole extension string is returned. Keys should have the form of key@parentKey@...@parentKey. To retrieve the shadow enabled value of extension string "povray{ shadow {true} fadeXDist {0.00}}", specify following key: shadow@povray. The key is case sensitive.
Return values
- theString: the desired string
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