CreateUniqueName

Récapitulatif

Creates a unique name in the specified workspace by appending a number to the input name. This number is increased until the name is unique. If no workspace is specified, the current workspace is used.

Syntaxe

CreateUniqueName (inputName, {workspace})

Paramètre	Explication	Type de données
inputName	The base name used to create the unique name.	String
workspace	The workspace used for creation of the unique name.	String

Valeur renvoyée

Type de données	Explication
String	The unique name with a number appended to make it unique in the workspace. The number starts at 0 and is incremented until it is unique.

Exemple de code

CreateUniqueName example

Creates a unique name for use with the Buffer and Clip tools.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set workspace
env.workspace = "C:/Data"

# Create a unique name for the Buffer tool's derived output.
unique_name = arcpy.CreateUniqueName("xxx.shp")

# Use unique name for Buffer Tool output dataset name
arcpy.Buffer_analysis("roads.shp", unique_name, "100 feet")

# Clip output from Buffer tool with County Boundary to obtain buffered roads in county.
arcpy.Clip_analysis(unique_name, "County.shp", "ClippedRoads.shp")