Describe object properties

Resumen

The Describe function returns the following properties for all Describe objects.

Propiedades

Propiedad	Explicación	Tipo de datos
baseName (Sólo lectura)	The file base name.	String
catalogPath (Sólo lectura)	The path of the data.	String
children (Sólo lectura)	A list of sub elements. If describing a workspace, the children property returns the contents of that workspace, including various data types such as feature classes, tables, rasters, and feature datasets.	Describe
childrenExpanded (Sólo lectura)	Indicates whether the children have been expanded.	Boolean
dataElementType (Sólo lectura)	The element type of the element.	String
dataType (Sólo lectura)	The type of the element.	String
extension (Sólo lectura)	The file extension.	String
file (Sólo lectura)	The file name.	String
fullPropsRetrieved (Sólo lectura)	Indicates whether full properties have been retrieved.	Boolean
metadataRetrieved (Sólo lectura)	Indicates whether the metadata has been retrieved.	Boolean
name (Sólo lectura)	The user-assigned name for the element.	String
path (Sólo lectura)	The file path.	String

Muestra de código

Describe object properties example

Display some Describe object properties for a file geodatabase.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/Data/chesapeake.gdb")

# Print some Describe Object properties
#
if hasattr(desc, "name"):
    print("Name:        " + desc.name)
if hasattr(desc, "dataType"):
    print("DataType:    " + desc.dataType)
if hasattr(desc, "catalogPath"):
    print("CatalogPath: " + desc.catalogPath)

# Examine children and print their name and dataType
#
print("Children:")
for child in desc.children:
    print("\t%s = %s" % (child.name, child.dataType))