GetParameterAsText

Summary

Gets the specified parameter as a text string by its index position from the list of parameters.

Discussion

Any value regardless of the parameter data type will be returned as a string; to use the parameter as an ArcPy or Python object instead, see GetParameter.

Syntax

GetParameterAsText (index)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
index	The numeric position of the parameter in the parameter list.	Integer

Return Value

Data Type	Explanation
String	The value of the specified parameter, returned as a string.

Code sample

GetParameterAsText example

Get specified parameter as text string.

import os
import arcpy

# Set the input workspace, get the feature class name to copy
#  and the output location.
arcpy.env.workspace = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
in_featureclass = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
out_workspace = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)

out_featureclass = os.path.join(out_workspace,
                                os.path.basename(in_featureclass))

# Copy feature class to output location
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(in_featureclass, out_featureclass)