Describe object properties
Summary
The Describe function returns the following properties for all Describe objects.
Properties
Property | Explanation | Data Type |
baseName (Read Only) |
The file base name | String |
catalogPath (Read Only) |
The path of the data | String |
children (Read Only) |
A list of sub elements | Object |
childrenExpanded (Read Only) |
Indicates whether the children have been expanded | Boolean |
dataElementType (Read Only) |
The element type of the element | String |
dataType (Read Only) |
The type of the element | String |
extension (Read Only) |
The file extension | String |
file (Read Only) |
The file name | String |
fullPropsRetrieved (Read Only) |
Indicates whether full properties have been retrieved | Boolean |
metadataRetrieved (Read Only) |
Indicates whether the metadata has been retrieved | Boolean |
name (Read Only) |
The user-assigned name for the element | String |
path (Read Only) |
The file path | String |
Code Sample
Describe object properties example (stand-alone script)
Display some Describe object properties for a file geodatabase.
import arcpy # Create a Describe object # desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/chesapeake.gdb") # Print some Describe Object properties # if hasattr(desc, "name"): print "Name: " + desc.name if hasattr(desc, "dataType"): print "DataType: " + desc.dataType if hasattr(desc, "catalogPath"): print "CatalogPath: " + desc.catalogPath # Examine children and print their name and dataType # print "Children:" for child in desc.children: print "\t%s = %s" % (child.name, child.dataType)
10/28/2011