topic translating VBA to Python in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/translating-vba-to-python/m-p/443163#M34684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any guidance on how to translate VBA code to Python? The reason I want to do this is because I wanted to use some powerful features of Arcpy which do not exist in VBA.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:34:44 GMT YousafHassan 2011-10-18T08:34:44Z translating VBA to Python https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/translating-vba-to-python/m-p/443163#M34684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any guidance on how to translate VBA code to Python? The reason I want to do this is because I wanted to use some powerful features of Arcpy which do not exist in VBA.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:34:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/translating-vba-to-python/m-p/443163#M34684 YousafHassan 2011-10-18T08:34:44Z Re: translating VBA to Python https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/translating-vba-to-python/m-p/443164#M34685 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I don't believe there is any specific guidance out there about direct conversions between the two.&nbsp; It's probably best to take a little time to learn straight Python (nothing ESRI specific), then once you have the basic constructs down (variable assignment, try/catch loops, comparison operators, loops, lists, etc.), throw arcpy into the mix and start running using the geoprocessor.&nbsp; I think you'll find you're not far behind the loop in the arcpy world, since some of the most impressive features only arrived in ArcGIS 10.&nbsp; Sorry I can't be more helpful!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:40:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/translating-vba-to-python/m-p/443164#M34685 ChristopherStorer 2011-10-18T11:40:33Z