Can entmod be used with an

I want to change the color on a TEXT entity. I'm successful when the color attribute (62) is already in the entity's list, I simply substitue in the desired value and use entmod to update. But when the color attribute is absent when color is "bylayer", can I append a dotted pair like (62 . 6) to the entity list and then use entmod to update. Or must I delete the old entity and use entmake to get the color attribute added to a new record?

Thanks,
Bob

 

Yes you can

(if (assoc 62 ent)
(setq ent (subst (cons 62 6) (assoc 62 ent) ent))
(setq ent (append ent (list (cons 62 6))))
)
(entmod ent)

 

Thanks,

I went back and reworked my code and all is OK. I guess I had an error masking my attempt to use entmod.

Bob