Converting Maya script to 3ds max script.

Simple script which lets a user select a couple of edges and it will continue the selection pattern around an edge ring or edge loop. To use: select two edges on either an edge ring or an edge loop and call selectEveryNEdge. This script should work on Maya 7 and up. I wouldn't call it "bullet proof" at the moment...ie. it's not perfect but should definitely be usefull.
 
Copy/Paste the following into a file named selectEveryNEdge.mel in you scripts folder.
 
 
proc int getEdgeIdIndex(int $edgeId, int $edgeIds[])
{
int $i;
int $len = `size($edgeIds)`;
 
for ($i=0; $i<$len; $i++)
{
if ($edgeId == $edgeIds[$i])
return $i;
}
 
return -1;
}
 
proc int getEdgeIdFromSelectionString(string $sel)
{
string $buffer[];
int $numTokens;
$numTokens = `tokenize $sel "[]" $buffer`;
 
if ($numTokens != 2)
return -1;
else
return $buffer[1];
}
 
global proc selectEveryNEdge()
{
string $selectedObject[] = `ls -sl -o`;
 
string $initialEdgeSelection[] = `getEdges`;
int $numEdges = `size $initialEdgeSelection`;
if (0 == $numEdges || 2 < $numEdges)
return;
 
string $firstEdge = $initialEdgeSelection[0];
int $firstEdgeId = getEdgeIdFromSelectionString($firstEdge);
 
if (1 == $numEdges) {
polySelect -edgeLoop $firstEdgeId $selectedObject[0];
return;
}
 
string $secondEdge = $initialEdgeSelection[1];
int $
clear $edgeLoopIds;
$edgeLoopIds = `polySelect -noSelection -edgeRing $firstEdgeId $selectedObject[0]`;
 
$firstEdgeIndex = getEdgeIdIndex($firstEdgeId, $edgeLoopIds);
if ($firstEdgeIndex == -1)
return;
 
$secondEdgeIndex = getEdgeIdIndex($secondEdgeId, $edgeLoopIds);
if ($secondEdgeIndex == -1) {
return;
}
}
 
int $numEdgesInLoop = `size($edgeLoopIds)`;
int $isFullLoop = ($edgeLoopIds[0] == $edgeLoopIds[$numEdgesInLoop-1]);
 
int $edgesToSkip = `abs ($secondEdgeIndex - $firstEdgeIndex)`;
 
if ($isFullLoop && $edgesToSkip > ($numEdgesInLoop - $edgesToSkip - 1)) {
$edgesToSkip = $numEdgesInLoop - $edgesToSkip - 1;
}
 
int $i;
string $selectionString = "select ";
 
for ($i=$firstEdgeIndex; $i<$numEdgesInLoop; $i += $edgesToSkip)
{
$selectionString += $selectedObject[0] + ".e[" + $edgeLoopIds[$i] + "] ";
}
 
for ($i=$firstEdgeIndex-$edgesToSkip; $i>=0; $i -= $edgesToSkip)
{
$selectionString += $selectedObject[0] + ".e[" + $edgeLoopIds[$i] + "] ";
}
 
eval($selectionString);
}