What is in path component?

Grasshopper
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Hi

Something I cannot find explain. The first Replace component running much slower than the second one. Does anyone know the reason?

Many thanks.
Jia

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what is the secret in path component.ghx (125.5 KB)

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The C# component outputs a list of Text so the Replace components must somehow convert this Text to Path:

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You can simply use a Path parameter to convert these data before using Replace.

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how to access or produce “path” in C#?
What is “path” if it is not string?

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var path = new GH_Path(i, j, k);
tree.Add(new GH_Integer(1000), path);

// Rolf

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Thank you Rolf.
Can you explain the code further? I am new for C#.

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In your example you can use something like this:

private void RunScript(System.Object path, ref object A)
{
  GH_Path p = (GH_Path) path;
  A = p.PrependElement(0);
}

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A path is a custom datatype. You can think of it as an array of integers if you want, but it’s all wrapped up inside the GH_Path class.

You can create a new path using the GH_Path class constructor, or by modifying an existing path, as @RIL showed.

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Thank you Mahdiyar!

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can I retrieve GH_path for a data tree input?

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Great discussion. Furthermore, how to access List<GH_Path> or DataTree<GH_Path>?