topic Re: Python code to check geometry type in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156351#M12051 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Worked like a charm thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:55:07 GMT philiptivel 2011-09-15T23:55:07Z Python code to check geometry type https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156349#M12049 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I want to create an if else statement involving geometry types.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If geometry is a point run one process</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>elsif geometry is a line run different process.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a way to do this using python?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:50:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156349#M12049 philiptivel 2011-09-15T02:50:26Z Re: Python code to check geometry type https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156350#M12050 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Layer below can be full path and shapefile or a feature layer etc.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>desc = arcpy.Describe('C:/shapefile.shp')</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>geometryType = desc.shapeType</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>if geometryType == 'polygon':</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print 'Polygon'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>elif geometryType == 'point'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:00:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156350#M12050 HenryColgate 2011-09-15T03:00:08Z Re: Python code to check geometry type https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156351#M12051 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Worked like a charm thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:55:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156351#M12051 philiptivel 2011-09-15T23:55:07Z Re: Python code to check geometry type https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156352#M12052 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Worked for me , but only after changing 'polygon' to 'Polygon' and 'point' to 'Point' (uppercase P) for some reason...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:56:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-code-to-check-geometry-type/m-p/156352#M12052 StevenBowley1 2012-04-04T13:56:09Z