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Mohanpugaz
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PDG beginner here, I have a list of files in my python script, i want to create workitem or output them as attribute to process them further, please help.

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This should work in a python processor top:

import hou

paths = [
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly1.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly2.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly3.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly4.pic'
]

for p in paths:
    new_item = item_holder.addWorkItem()
    new_item.setStringAttrib('texpath', hou.text.expandString(p))
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Wow, Thanks a lot Matt. I was so close,and not aware of this function hou.text.expandString()
. I will try and get back.
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Well, I only needed it to expand $HFS to a path, if you're using regular paths its not required.
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import hou

paths = [
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly1.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly2.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly3.pic',
'$HFS/houdini/pic/butterfly4.pic'
]

for p in paths:
new_item = item_holder.addWorkItem()
new_item.setStringAttrib('texpath', hou.text.expandString(p))

This works perfect, the mistake I did was using the partitioner instead of the processor. silly me.

Thanks a lot for your valuable time!
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