Exp (Spatial Analyst)

Available with Spatial Analyst license.

Available with Image Analyst license.

Summary

Calculates the base e exponential of the cells in a raster.

Illustration

Exp illustration
OutRas = Exp(InRas1)

Usage

  • Input values can be integer or float as well as negative or positive.

    You can review some results for both positive and negative floating-point input values in the examples of output values from the Exponential tools.

  • The base e exponential is the most commonly used exponential function.

  • Input values less than or equal to -745 will be set to NoData in the output, because these values cannot be accurately represented by 32-bit floating-point numbers.

  • The output raster from this tool is always floating-point type, regardless of the input value type.

  • Output values from this tool are always positive.

  • If the input is a multiband raster, the output will be a multiband raster. The tool will perform the operation on each band in the input.

  • If the input is multidimensional raster data, all slices from all variables will be processed. The output will be a multidimensional raster in CRF format.

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

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input raster or constant value

The input values for which to find the base e exponential.

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

LabelExplanationData Type
Output raster

The output raster.

The cell values are the base e exponential of the input values.

Raster

Exp(in_raster_or_constant)
NameExplanationData Type
in_raster_or_constant

The input values for which to find the base e exponential.

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 base e exponential of the input values.

Raster

Code sample

Exp example 1 (Python window)

This example calculates the base e exponential of the input raster values, and returns the result as a TIFF raster.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
outExp = Exp("landuse")
outExp.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outexp.tif")
Exp example 2 (stand-alone script)

This example calculates the base e exponential of the input raster values.

# Name: Exp_Ex_02.py
# Description: Calculates the base e exponential 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 = "landuse"

# Execute Exp
outExp = Exp(inRaster)

# Save the output 
outExp.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outexp")

Licensing information

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

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