Find out how many rows are selected

JeffGrice

How do I get a count of the selected features in a Layer using python?

GerickeCook

Thank you, Frank.

I was having trouble with the result from the getcount method and using it in an if-then statement. I thought that I would post my issue in case any one else encounters the same problem. This was a section of my code:

count = arcpy.GetCount_management("lyr")
#Need min count for next tool
if count > 5:
   print count
   arcpy.CollectEvents_stats("lyr", eventslyr)

It was always evaluating to greater than 5, even if I had print statements that showed that the count was 2. Your suggestion fixed it for me. I know realize that the count variable stores something like an object rather than an integer.  This was the fix for me.

count = int(str(arcpy.GetCount_management("lyr")))
#Need min count for next tool
if count > 5:
   print count
   arcpy.CollectEvents_stats("lyr", eventslyr)

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