use ListFeatureClasses to provide output names within for: loop

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12-09-2021 11:26 AM
PhilCrossley1
New Contributor III

Thanks for previous help.  This question follows on an earlier one that was so helpfully answered.

I've generated a 'ctylist' variable with ListFeatureClasses

I now want to iterate through that list (of counties), and use each county boundary in a sequence of spatial queries and geoprocessing tasks.  

I think the final results would be best if they were within a unique feature dataset (one for each county).

I've set up the code snippet below)to create those feature datasets (a set of county feature classes in a gdb created earlier in the script by StripByAttribute) within the for: loop, but can't figure out how to assign the county name to the new feature dataset (the Pro help examples show how to provide a specific name.

I think It would help to create a 'name' variable..and I've seen others suggesting use of a .format. command, but I'm stuck ..

ctylist = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(r"E:\advAppScripting\testing\tornhazard\Indiana\Indiana.gdb")
for cty in ctylist:
arcpy.CreateFeatureDataset_management(r"E:\advAppScripting\testing\tornhazard\Indiana\Indiana.gdb", cty)
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(cty, r"E:\advAppScripting\testing\tornhazard\Indiana\Indiana.gdb" + cty)

WIll appreciate any suggestions.

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PhilCrossley1
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normally, that's my principle also, but in this case I created the feature datasets from the ListFeatureClass() list, and when I tried to change the name of the output so it wouldn't be the same as the input fc, it failed.  I'll look again at the os.path.join step and see if i can name the feature datasets differently to start with...

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