topic Re: env.workspace treated as a string? in Python Questions

env.workspace treated as a string?

ZulyG — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:08:23 GMT

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Every time I try to set the workspace on my script. I get the following error:

'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'str' object has no attribute 'workspace'

I have tried running it on the IDE and I get the same error :

import arcpy 
from arcpy import env
arcpy.env.workspace =  "C:/Documents and Settings"

I had previously used it but for some reason now it seems like it is treating the env as a string. Any ideas as to how to fix this?

Re: env.workspace treated as a string?

JasonScheirer — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:28:31 GMT

Did you accidentally do something like

arcpy.env = 'string'

earlier in your script?

Re: env.workspace treated as a string?

markdenil — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:25:31 GMT

can you read the workspace setting?

print arcpy.env.workspace

can you read or write any other arcpy.env property?

Try reading them with

import arcpy
environments = arcpy.ListEnvironments()
for environment in environments:
    envSetting = eval("arcpy.env." + environment)
    print "%-30s: %s" % (environment, envSetting)
print "\nDONE"

Re: env.workspace treated as a string?

Luke_Pinner — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:25:34 GMT

You're also importing env separately. I don't think this will make any difference, but it is uneccessary. Just use:

import arcpy 
arcpy.env.workspace =  "C:/Documents and Settings"

Re: env.workspace treated as a string?

markdenil — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:58:57 GMT

That is right.
Since you imported env separetly, use
env.workspace = r"C:\spam\a\lot"

you can then read it using
print arcpy.env.workspace
or
print env.workspace

but setting it with
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\spam\a\lot
will give an error