Field names and field descriptions

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How to export field names and field descriptions of a featureclass?

JoeBorgione · Answer

arcpy.ListFields() will give you a list of field names: ListFields—ArcPy Functions | ArcGIS Desktop if by description you mean type, that's in there too.... import arcpy fc = r'N:\GIS\Geocoding\Geodata.gdb\rawAddresses' for field in arcpy.ListFields(fc): print(f'{field.name} {field.type} {field.length}') #returns a list that looks like this: OBJECTID OID 4 ADDR_HN String 12 ADDR_PD String 12 ADDR_SN String 60 ADDR_ST String 40 ADDR_SD String 12 PARCEL String 30 UNIT_DESIG String 10 BLDG_DESIG String 10 ADDRESS String 45 IDENTIFY String 75 ADDR_LABEL String 65 CITY String 30 ZIP_CODE String 10 CORNER_ADDRESS String 70 PLAT_NUM String 15 SUB_PLAT String 70 LOT_NUM String 15 BLOCK_NUM String 10 DEVELOPMENT String 75 ...‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍