topic Get feature class/raster name in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/get-feature-class-raster-name/m-p/19590#M1502 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>what is the best way to get a feature class or raster name from a geoprocessing tool result?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>For example: buffer a feature class, get the name of the buffered feature class and write it to a table.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The reason behind this, is to use that output feature class name in a new geoprocessing operation.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>List Rasters and List Feature classes does not work in this case, since I am not interested in all of the Rasters/Fcs in a workspace.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Any help will be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:40:27 GMT KatharinaPalffy-Gelfand 2012-07-24T21:40:27Z Get feature class/raster name https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/get-feature-class-raster-name/m-p/19590#M1502 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>what is the best way to get a feature class or raster name from a geoprocessing tool result?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>For example: buffer a feature class, get the name of the buffered feature class and write it to a table.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The reason behind this, is to use that output feature class name in a new geoprocessing operation.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>List Rasters and List Feature classes does not work in this case, since I am not interested in all of the Rasters/Fcs in a workspace.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Any help will be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:40:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/get-feature-class-raster-name/m-p/19590#M1502 KatharinaPalffy-Gelfand 2012-07-24T21:40:27Z Re: Get feature class/raster name https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/get-feature-class-raster-name/m-p/19591#M1503 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Roughly (if using a script) - </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">b = arcpy.Buffer_analysis(input fc, output fc, buff_dist) name = arcpy.Describe(b).name</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can then use insert cursor or update cursor to write the name to a table.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:11:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/get-feature-class-raster-name/m-p/19591#M1503 SolomonPulapkura 2012-07-24T22:11:05Z