Hi Eric, thanks for your help. I'm getting closer to achieving the results i'd like. So i've been able to properly select the residues within a specified radius of my ligand, but am a little confused as to how Chimera handles the selection list. If i try: print chimera.selection.currentResidues() i get a list like this:
[<_chimera.Residue object at 0x578d2020>, <_chimera.Residue object at 0x578cbfb0>, ... ]
but if i try: for x in chimera.selection.currentResidues(): print x i get output that is much closer to what i'm looking for:
#0:499 #0:496 ...
What is the reason for the difference between these two forms of output that seem to be accessing the same list? Also, is there a way i can get more detailed output with residue names and numbers, such as ['#0:TYR499','#0:TRP496',...]? Sorry if these questions are answered elsewhere, but i could not find the answers online. Is there a document out there that can teach me how to better master the Chimera Python modules for scripting? I'm no Python expert -- i've so far only been learning things as i need them. Thanks again, ryan