Stagger Keyframes Given Existing Animation

stagger_keys.m

// stagger_keys.mel (using .m to get gist syntax highlighting)
// author: Kelly Yu

// I have 124 keys that look like bunny_slice_$i_translateY where $i ranges from 001 to 123
for ($i = 1; $i < 124; $i++) {
    string $formatted;
    // format number so that it is at least 3 digits long
    if ($i < 10) {
        $formatted = "00" + $i;
    } else if ($i < 100) {
        $formatted = "0" + $i;
    } else {
        $formatted = "" + $i;
    }
    string $name_of_key = "bunny_slice_" + $formatted + "_translateY";
    // shift existing keyframe by $i units, which introduces a stagger when applied to all keyframes
    keyframe -e -iub true -r -o over -tc $i $name_of_key ;
}