Getting an unused rod name starting with some string

Hi all,
I am trying to create rod object inside a cellview. I would like to
have its name start with string ( just to be descriptive.)

Right now I am doing this way,

procedure(MYgetUnusedRodName(start cvId)
prog((name)
for(i 1 1000
;Max of 1000 attempts
sprintf(name "%s%d" start i)
when(rodIsFigNameUnused(name cvId)
return(name)
)
)
error("XXLgetRodName :: Tried 1000 times, could not get a unique
rod name.")
)
)

Is there any other elegant way of doing this?
Is it possible to implement this without using return()

regards,
Suresh

 

gensym(
[ S_arg ]
)
=> s_result

Returns a new symbol based on the input argument.


e.g
some trials
gensym( "testName" ) => testName3273
gensym( "testName" ) => testName3274


Bernd

 

Bernd,
Thanks.
I think I still will have to check if the resultant
symbolToString(gensym("testName")) string is unused rod name.

regards,
Suresh

 

Not if every ROD object has it's unique string prefix name and if
you use gensym form the beginning of the creation of your ROD objects
in the cell view.

I never had conflicts with this.

Bernd