env.workspace treated as a string?

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Every time I try to set the workspace on my script. I get the following error:

'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'str' object has no attribute 'workspace'

I have tried  running it on the IDE and I get the same error :import arcpy 
from arcpy import env
arcpy.env.workspace =  "C:/Documents and Settings"

I had previously used it but for some reason now it seems like it is treating the env as a string.  Any ideas as to how to fix this?

markdenil · Answer

That is right. 
Since you imported env separetly, use     
env.workspace = r"C:\spam\a\lot"

you can then read it using      
print arcpy.env.workspace
or
print env.workspace

but setting it with    
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\spam\a\lot
will give an error

Luke_Pinner · Answer

You're also importing env separately. I don't think this will make any difference, but it is uneccessary.  Just use:import arcpy 
arcpy.env.workspace =  "C:/Documents and Settings"

markdenil · Answer

can you read the workspace setting?print arcpy.env.workspace

can you read or write any other arcpy.env property?

Try reading them withimport arcpy
environments = arcpy.ListEnvironments()
for environment in environments:
    envSetting = eval("arcpy.env." + environment)
    print "%-30s: %s" % (environment, envSetting)
print "
DONE"