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GDB FeatureClass properties

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Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for Geodatabase Feature Classes. FeatureClass Properties, GDB Table Properties, Editor Tracking Dataset Properties, Table Properties, and Dataset Properties are also supported.

A Geodatabase Feature Class returns a dataType of "FeatureClass".

Properties

PropertyExplanationData Type
areaFieldName
(Read Only)

The name of the geometry area field.

String
lengthFieldName
(Read Only)

The name of the geometry length field.

String
representations
(Read Only)

A list of Describe objects for the representations associated with the feature class.

Describe

Code sample

GDB FeatureClass properties example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script displays the GDB FeatureClass properties.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object from the GDB Feature Class
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/chesapeake.gdb/chesapeake/bayshed_1")

# Print GDB FeatureClass properties
#
print "Area Field Name  : " + desc.areaFieldName
print "Length Field Name: " + desc.lengthFieldName

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