topic Re: Identifying feature 'type' - feature class, raster or table? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554015#M43303 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can use the datatype property of the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Describe_object_properties/018v00000013000000/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Describe</A><SPAN> function to do this.&nbsp; Ex:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">desc = arcpy.Describe(fc) print desc.datatype</PRE></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:56:50 GMT JakeSkinner 2021-12-11T23:56:50Z Identifying feature 'type' - feature class, raster or table? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554013#M43301 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Having a major brain fade here!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can I examine an object within a gdb, and determine if it is a FC, raster, or table?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:43:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554013#M43301 AnthonyCheesman1 2014-02-12T23:43:51Z Re: Identifying feature 'type' - feature class, raster or table? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554014#M43302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Brain fade averted, I think.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Will use ListFeatureClasses, ListRasters ad ListTables, compare the item in question to these lists, and make the determination accordingly.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hopefully this works.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:56:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554014#M43302 AnthonyCheesman1 2014-02-12T23:56:41Z Re: Identifying feature 'type' - feature class, raster or table? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554015#M43303 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can use the datatype property of the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Describe_object_properties/018v00000013000000/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Describe</A><SPAN> function to do this.&nbsp; Ex:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">desc = arcpy.Describe(fc) print desc.datatype</PRE></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:56:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/identifying-feature-type-feature-class-raster-or/m-p/554015#M43303 JakeSkinner 2021-12-11T23:56:50Z