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Square

Available with Spatial Analyst license.

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Summary

Calculates the square of the cell values in a raster.

Illustration

Square illustration
OutRas = Square(InRas1)

Usage

  • Output values are floating point if the input values are floating point; if the input values are integer, the output values are integer.

  • See Analysis environments and Spatial Analyst for additional details on the geoprocessing environments that apply to this tool.

Syntax

Square(in_raster_or_constant)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_raster_or_constant

The input values to find the square of.

In order to use a number as an input for this parameter, the cell size and extent must first be set in the environment.

Raster Layer; Constant

Return Value

NameExplanationData Type
out_raster

The output raster.

The cell values are the square of the input cell values.

Raster

Code sample

Square example 1 (Python window)

This example finds the square of the values in the input GRID raster.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
outSquare = Square("degs")
outSquare.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outsq")
Square example 2 (stand-alone script)

This example finds the square of the values in the input GRID raster.

# Name: Square_Ex_02.py
# Description: Calculates the square of cells in a raster
# Requirements: Spatial Analyst Extension

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"

# Set local variables
inRaster = "degs"

# Check out the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")

# Execute Square
outSquare = Square(inRaster)

# Save the output 
outSquare.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outsquare")

Environments

  • Auto Commit
  • Cell Size
  • Cell Size Projection Method
  • Compression
  • Current Workspace
  • Extent
  • Geographic Transformations
  • Mask
  • Output CONFIG Keyword
  • Output Coordinate System
  • Scratch Workspace
  • Snap Raster
  • Tile Size

Licensing information

  • Basic: Requires Spatial Analyst
  • Standard: Requires Spatial Analyst
  • Advanced: Requires Spatial Analyst

Related topics

  • An overview of the Math toolset
  • Power
  • Square Root

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