topic Re: Near_Analysis tool help in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716420#M55544 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Also, you cannot use single backslashes in folder paths, either preface them with raw notation or use double backslashes or single forward slashes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ie "c:\temp" is wrong</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>correct versions are</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>r"c:\temp"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"c:\\temp"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"c"/temp"</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:17:16 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2011-06-29T23:17:16Z Near_Analysis tool help https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716418#M55542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi ,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I am writing a python script that does the Near_Analysis. The script is as follows</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This works</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">workspaceName = "C:\...\ShapeFiles" nearFeatures="shapefile1.shp" arcpy.Near_analysis (inputData, nearFeatures)</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>According to help </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Near/00080000001q000000/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Near/00080000001q000000/</A><SPAN> it says I can specify more than 1 feature class as near features. So I modify my code as </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This doesn't work (the directory C:\...\ShapeFiles has multiple shape files)</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">workspaceName = "C:\...\ShapeFiles" nearFeatures="shapefile1.shp,shapefile2.shp" arcpy.Near_analysis (inputData, nearFeatures)</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried nearFeatures="[shapefile1.shp,shapefile2.shp]" , nearFeatures="shapefile1.shp,shapefile2.shp" and many other combinations but it doesnot work</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can anyone help me?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:40:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716418#M55542 IgressT 2021-12-12T06:40:56Z Re: Near_Analysis tool help https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716419#M55543 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Intersect/00080000000p000000/">intersect tool </A><SPAN>takes multiple feature classes in the form of ["shapefile1.shp", "shapefile2.shp"] (quotes, brackets, and comma delimited). I'd try that.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:58:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716419#M55543 DarrenWiens2 2011-06-29T18:58:09Z Re: Near_Analysis tool help https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716420#M55544 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Also, you cannot use single backslashes in folder paths, either preface them with raw notation or use double backslashes or single forward slashes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ie "c:\temp" is wrong</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>correct versions are</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>r"c:\temp"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"c:\\temp"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>"c"/temp"</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:17:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/near-analysis-tool-help/m-p/716420#M55544 DanPatterson_Retired 2011-06-29T23:17:16Z