ListSubtypes

Summary

Returns a dictionary of the subtypes for a table or feature class.

Syntax

ListSubtypes (table)
ParameterExplanationData Type
table

The geodatabase table or feature class.

String
Return Value
Data TypeExplanation
Dictionary

Returns a dictionary of subtype properties. The keys of the dictionary are the subtype codes, and the values of the dictionary are the subtype properties.

Code sample

ListSubtypes example

List all the subtypes for a feature class and print the properties for each one.

import arcpy

subtypes = arcpy.da.ListSubtypes("C:/data/Boston.gdb/Boundary")

for stcode, stdict in list(subtypes.items()):
    print(f"Code: {stcode}")
    for stkey in list(stdict.keys()):
        if stkey == "FieldValues":
            print("Fields:")
            fields = stdict[stkey]
            for field, fieldvals in list(fields.items()):
                print(f" --Field name: {field}")
                print(f" --Field default value: {fieldvals[0]}")
                if not fieldvals[1] is None:
                    print(f" --Domain name: {fieldvals[1].name}")
        else:
            print(f"{stkey}: {stdict[stkey]}")

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