[Paraview] python: get names of data arrays

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Attached is an extract from the ParaView User's Guide under
development that pretty much covers this.

Utkarsh

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Ian Krukow <i.krukow at tu-braunschweig.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought it should be quite simple, but I have not found it yet.
> How can I get the names of the data arrays of an existing source in a python
> script? Or, alternatively, how can I check whether a data array with a
> certain name exists (this is what I actually want to do)?
>
> The reason: I have different data sets, where the data arrays are named
> differently (two possibilities), but I want to do the same operation on both
> of them. Therefore, I would like to check, which of the names is present in
> the dataset I have loaded, and by that pick the correct names.
>
> Kind regards
> Ian
>
>
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