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Atom indices are fragile and will change as atoms are added or deleted.  Whenever possible, use integral atom identifiers instead of indices.  
Atom indices are fragile and will change as atoms are added or deleted.  Whenever possible, use integral atom identifiers instead of indices.  


[[Category:Commands|index]]
[[Category:Commands|Index]]

Revision as of 09:06, 20 June 2009

DESCRIPTION

index returns a list of tuples corresponding to the object name and index of the atoms in the selection.

PYMOL API

list = cmd.index(string selection="(all)")

NOTE

Atom indices are fragile and will change as atoms are added or deleted. Whenever possible, use integral atom identifiers instead of indices.