topic Re: Why would this simple buffer script fail? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60093#M4771 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This might help you out too...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21526-Trouble-with-Feature-Datasets-in-directories-with-spaces?p=139246&amp;viewfull=1#post139246">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21526-Trouble-with-Feature-Datasets-in-directories-with-spaces?p=139246&amp;viewfull=1#post139246</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:02:41 GMT ChrisSnyder 2012-04-17T17:02:41Z Why would this simple buffer script fail? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60091#M4769 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>(the script was straight from the ESRI python tutorial)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">&gt;&gt;&gt; #Buffer the roads feature class for each distance in the distance list ... import arcpy ... arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\PETER PENG\ppTests.gdb" ... fc = "TestApr17" ... distanceList= ["100 meters", "200 meters", "400 meters"] ... #loop thru ea distance in the distanceList ... for dist in distanceList: ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; outName = fc+"_"+dist ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; arcpy.Buffer_analysis(fc, outName, dist) ... print "Finished buffering" ...&nbsp; Runtime error &lt;class 'arcgisscripting.ExecuteError'&gt;: ERROR 000210: Cannot create output C:\PETER PENG\ppTests.gdb\TestApr17_100 meters Failed to execute (Buffer).&nbsp; &gt;&gt;&gt; </PRE><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>- Tried the non-python method: Buffer tool in toolbox, worked!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Tried different file path names, taking away "_". Does Python not accept " "(space)? I thought raw data was fine?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Message Log attached</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- Have no idea how to get this simple script to work, any help appreciated!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:11:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60091#M4769 PeterPeng 2012-04-17T16:11:32Z Re: Why would this simple buffer script fail? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60092#M4770 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Don't use spaces in your dataset names.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Using this line should fix your problem...</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">outName = fc+"_"+dist.replace(" ", "_")</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:56:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60092#M4770 ChrisSnyder 2012-04-17T16:56:30Z Re: Why would this simple buffer script fail? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60093#M4771 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This might help you out too...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21526-Trouble-with-Feature-Datasets-in-directories-with-spaces?p=139246&amp;viewfull=1#post139246">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21526-Trouble-with-Feature-Datasets-in-directories-with-spaces?p=139246&amp;viewfull=1#post139246</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:02:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60093#M4771 ChrisSnyder 2012-04-17T17:02:41Z Re: Why would this simple buffer script fail? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60094#M4772 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Spaces was my problem, thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:47:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/why-would-this-simple-buffer-script-fail/m-p/60094#M4772 PeterPeng 2012-04-17T20:47:27Z