From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2007 - 13:41:08 CST

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, namd vmd wrote:

R> Hallo,

hallo rose,

R> How to get the number of residues selected from a atomselect command in vmd
R> ?

for example with:

set mysel [atomselect top {<selection text>}]

llength [lsort -integer -unique [$mysel get residue]]

note that 'residue' is a unique residue number that VMD assigns.

tschuess,
   axel.

R>
R> Thanks
R>
R> -Rose
R>

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