How intersect layers and exporting to shapefile with ArcPy

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Hi every one I need some help!! I want to intersect a few shapefile multipoint with other shapefile polygon, and the selection points intersected I need to export to shapefile with diferent name, but I get a nasty error. Somebody can help me to fix the problem? This my script: import arcpy from arcpy import env arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True Ruta1_entrada = r'D:\SedesolVQB\' Shp1 = 'n_loctdico_0417_09_.shp' #<---Shp multipoint Shp1_entrada = Ruta1_entrada + Shp1 Ruta2_entrada = r'D:\SedesolVQB\' Shp2 = 'Areas_intersectan.shp' #<----Shp Polygon Shp2_entrada = Ruta2_entrada + Shp2 Ruta3_salida = r'D:\SedesolVQB\Resultado_final\' Shp_final = 'Resultado_fina.shp' Resultado_final = Ruta3_salida +Shp_final #Convert to layer arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(Shp1_entrada,"Tiendas.lyr") #Select by location arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management("Tiendas.lyr","INTERSECT",Shp2_entrada, "","NEW_SELECTION") Num_seleccionados = arcpy.GetCount_management(Shp1) print "Puntos seleccionados: " + str(Num_seleccionados) However, I get the next error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 254, in run_nodebug File "D:\SedesolVQB\Proyectos\proyecto_MODELBUILDER_DGAAE\Selectbylocation.py", line 14, in arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'overwriteOutput

VictorQuiroz · Answer

Thanks for answer, I will do what you say, I going to study my script until solve it 😃

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

And your paths will be messy in any event. Without getting fancy, consider the simplest solution Ruta3_salida = r'D:\SedesolVQB\Resultado_final\' Shp_final = 'Resultado_fina.shp' Resultado_final = Ruta3_salida +Shp_final Resultado_final # can we get any more backslashes here Out[16]: 'D:\\SedesolVQB\\Resultado_final\\Resultado_fina.shp' Ruta3_salida = r'D:\SedesolVQB\Resultado_final' # raw notation and dump the last \ Shp_final = r'\Resultado_fina.shp' # use raw notation and slip a backslash here Resultado_final = Ruta3_salida +Shp_final Resultado_final # Easier to read??? Out[21]: 'D:\SedesolVQB\Resultado_final\Resultado_fina.shp'‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Which...for both python 2.7 and 3.5/6/7 shows that all those extraneous backslashes aren't necessary. import os pth = r"c:\temp\" pth Out[30]: 'c:\\temp\\' os.path.exists(pth) Out[31]: True os.path.realpath(pth) Out[32]: 'c:\temp'‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Victor... You seem to be getting a string before you are setting it to a workspace. Examine the code import arcpy arcpy.env.workspace = r"c: emp" arcpy.env.overwriteOutputs = True arcpy.env Out[4]: <arcpy.geoprocessing._base.GPEnvironments.<locals>.GPEnvironment at 0x26fab40d470> print(arcpy.env.overwriteOutputs) True ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Try that and skip the double-backslashes if you are using raw notation. and you shouldn't end a path with a backslash generally It can cause issues, the least of which is an error, the most of which is that the assumption that your path will end in a backslash won't be realized. arcpy.env.workspace = r"c: emp" # No Good File "", line 1 arcpy.env.workspace = r"c: emp" ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal arcpy.env.workspace = r"c:\temp\" # we will cleverly try to get it to end with \ print(arcpy.env.workspace) # didn't work c:\Temp arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/temp" # alternate style print(arcpy.env.workspace) # as expected c:/Temp arcpy.env.workspace = "c:/temp/" # trying to be clever with alternate print(arcpy.env.workspace) # a bust in again c:/Temp # Lesson? don't try to make a path end with a backslash... append to a path # after you create the initial one ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍