ListWorkspaces

Summary

Returns a list of workspaces in the current workspace.

Discussion

The workspace environment must be set before using several of the list functions, including ListDatasets, ListFeatureClasses, ListFiles, ListRasters, ListTables, and ListWorkspaces.

Syntax

ListWorkspaces ({wild_card}, {workspace_type})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
wild_card	Limits the results returned. If a value is not specified, all values are returned. The wildcard is not case sensitive. Symbol Description Example * Represents zero or more characters. Te* finds Tennessee and Texas.	String
workspace_type	The workspace type that will limit the results returned. The following are valid workspace types: Access —Only personal geodatabases will be selected. Coverage —Only coverage workspaces will be selected. FileGDB —Only file geodatabases will be selected. Folder —Only shapefile workspaces will be selected. SDE —Only enterprise databases will be selected. All —All workspaces will be selected. This is the default. (The default value is All)	String

Return Value

Data Type	Explanation
String	The list containing workspace names that is returned from the function, limited by the wild_card and workspace_type arguments.

Code sample

ListWorkspaces example

Compact all file geodatabases in the workspace.

import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/data"

# List all file geodatabases in the current workspace
workspaces = arcpy.ListWorkspaces("*", "FileGDB")

for workspace in workspaces:
    # Compact each geodatabase
    arcpy.Compact_management(workspace)