Check that features have been selected

BrianPangtay

Can one check if any features have been selected in a Python script?

I want to check if any features have been selected prior to running the script. Otherwise, the script would try to process all the records in a feature class. Thus, if no features are selected, the script would tell the user to select some features and then exit the script.

Thanks for your help, Brian

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I found that this worked for me:

layers = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd)

for layer in layers:

    desc = arcpy.Describe(layer)

    selcount = desc.fidSet

    if layer.name == "san_Wye":

        print layer.name

        if selcount <> "":

            print "{0} features selected".format(len(desc.fidSet.split(';')))

        if selcount == "":

            print "no features selected"