def nameToMObject( *args ):
    """ Get the API MObjects given names of existing nodes """ 
    sel = MSelectionList() 
    for name in args :
        sel.add( name )
    result = []            
    obj = MObject()            
    for i in range(sel.length()) :
        try :
            sel.getDependNode( i, obj )
        except :
            result.append(None)
        if isValidMObject(obj) :
            result.append(obj)
        else :
            result.append(None)
    if len(result) < 1:
        return result[0]
    else :
        return tuple(result)

# wrap of api iterators
dataset/ETHPy150Open CountZer0/PipelineConstructionSet/python/maya/site-packages/pymel-1.0.3/pymel/api/allapi.py/nameToMObject/operator `==` -> `<`