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Get Point XY from update cursor

StuartMoore — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:23:39 GMT

I'm using an update cursor to populate some fields which works fine but i want to get the XY of the point at the same time but i get an error:

999999: Error executing function

this is my code:

			UpdRPoint = arcpy.UpdateCursor(NearXY_Lyr)
			for RP in UpdRPoint:

				Desc_1 = RP.getValue("DESCRIPTION_1")
				
				x, y = RP.getValue("SHAPE@XY")
				messages.addMessage("{}, {}".format(x, y))‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

any ideas why its not working?

Re: Get Point XY from update cursor

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:23:42 GMT

have you provided the full path to NearXY_Lry somewhere?

Can you print Desc_1?

I would use the newer da.UpdateCursor and acquire the Shape@XY and your other field all at once

UpdateCursor—Data Access module | ArcGIS Desktop

fc = 'c:/full_path_to.gdb/well'
fields = ['DESCRIPTION_1', 'SHAPE@XY']

# Create update cursor for feature class 
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(fc, fields) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        #do the stuff here‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Get Point XY from update cursor

StuartMoore — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:23:45 GMT

thanks Dan that worked a treat

UpdRPoint = arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(NearXY_Lyr, ["DESCRIPTION_1","SHAPE@XY"])
	for RP in UpdRPoint:
		Desc_1 = RP[0]
		x, y = RP[1]
		messages.addMessage("{}, {}".format(x, y))‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍