topic Re: Beginner's problems with iterating through an attribute table and exporting point in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735037#M56951 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For version 10 or Arcmap use Split Layer by Attributes</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=37AEB018-1422-2418-A036-CA6D9920F808">http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=37AEB018-1422-2418-A036-CA6D9920F808</A><BR /><SPAN>querying on the FID field will allow you to produce separate shapefiles for each point in your source shapefile.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:12:10 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2011-11-17T12:12:10Z Beginner's problems with iterating through an attribute table and exporting points https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735035#M56949 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm reasonably new to Python, with no programming experience (I'm told I don't need any!). Having problems thinking this one through and would like some help if anyone can offer.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a shapefile with a 47 point features in it. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I would like to iterate through and extract each feature to a single point.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Obviously I can do this using the export data function in ArcDesktop, but I'd like to start automating more frequently.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So, I know I can do this in Python, probably with the Select tool from ArcToolbox, and by iterating through the FID field in the attribute table to output each point. However, I have no idea how to get started on this, beyond 'import arcpy'.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can anyone offer suggestions? Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:38:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735035#M56949 SamCoggins1 2011-11-16T22:38:04Z Re: Beginner's problems with iterating through an attribute table and exporting point https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735036#M56950 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You'll probably want to start out with a Search Cursor and for loop to go through each of your features. Check out this link: </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/SearchCursor/000v00000039000000/">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/SearchCursor/000v00000039000000/</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Next, in the for look you would want to do a Select by Attributes on the FID of the value that it is currently hitting in the list. </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000071000000">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000071000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After you have selected the feature by its FID, use the feature class to feature class tool to export it. </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001200000020000000">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001200000020000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I hope this helps!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:30:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735036#M56950 StephanieWendel 2011-11-17T11:30:26Z Re: Beginner's problems with iterating through an attribute table and exporting point https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735037#M56951 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>For version 10 or Arcmap use Split Layer by Attributes</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=37AEB018-1422-2418-A036-CA6D9920F808">http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=37AEB018-1422-2418-A036-CA6D9920F808</A><BR /><SPAN>querying on the FID field will allow you to produce separate shapefiles for each point in your source shapefile.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:12:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/beginner-s-problems-with-iterating-through-an/m-p/735037#M56951 DanPatterson_Retired 2011-11-17T12:12:10Z