topic Re: Proper syntac to write string to config.py in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647011#M50409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you - exactly what I needed!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:17:28 GMT SuzanneRoulston-Doty 2013-04-19T15:17:28Z Proper syntac to write string to config.py https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647009#M50407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to write variable values to a config.py file so that I access the values from other scripts.&nbsp; I am having problems properly saving an SQL query statement to the config.py file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sample of my code:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>sqlSel = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) (e.g. sqlSel will have the value "CNTYNAME" = 'ALACHUA'</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>fo.write("sqlSel = \"" + sqlSel + '''\"''' + "\n") (I have tried variations of this syntax with no luck -</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>fo.write("sqlSel&nbsp; = \"??? + sqlSel + "\???\n")</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is written to the config.py file;&nbsp; [ATTACH=CONFIG]23615[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>sqlSel = ""CNTYNAME" = 'ALACHUA'" (CNTYNAME is not green indicating it is part of the string value)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:18:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647009#M50407 SuzanneRoulston-Doty 2013-04-18T19:18:09Z Re: Proper syntax to write string to config.py https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647010#M50408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This is where the repr() function comes in very handy:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">sqlSel = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) fo.write("sqlSel = {0}\n".format(repr(sqlSel)))</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:43:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647010#M50408 curtvprice 2013-04-19T03:43:41Z Re: Proper syntac to write string to config.py https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647011#M50409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you - exactly what I needed!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:17:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/proper-syntac-to-write-string-to-config-py/m-p/647011#M50409 SuzanneRoulston-Doty 2013-04-19T15:17:28Z