Python has no attributes

[HolmSeifert]

Hi everyone,

i have a question.
have anyone an idea how i can solve this problem, occuring when runnig a pythin script.

type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no attribute 'arcv'
Failed to execute (Script).

thanks

[DanPatterson_Retired]

showing the script would help
perhaps it is supposed to be argv as in sys.argv

[HolmSeifert]

Hallo Dan Patterson,

yes, This was the solution. Instead of using sys.arcv I haves choosen "GetParameterAsText" and now it works very well.
Thank you very much for your help

Regards
Holm

[DanPatterson_Retired]

it is argv not arcv
in any event, sys.argv and GetParameterAsText are equivalent if you need string representations of the input, sys.argv allows for the passing of numbers

[DaleHoneycutt]

From my experience, GetParameterAsText() and GetParameter() are preferable to sys.argv[].  sys.argv[] has a character limit (I think it's 1024) while GetParameterAsText() doesn't have a limit.  I know that 1024 is a lot, but I have exceeded it on occasion for data buried in a deep folder hierarchy.  If you need the raw number (integer, double), use GetParameter(). 

(Prior to 9.0, I think, GetParameterAsText() wouldn't work when called from the OS prompt, so you had to use sys.argv[] unless you always ran as a script tool. This limitation was fixed at 9.0)

[SharynHickey1]

Hi

I think I have a similar problem. I am trying to run a script as a script tool in ArcCatalog, however when I do I get this error message:

<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no attribute 'GetParamaterAsText'
Failed to execute (SlopeRoad).

Though I have directed the inputs to be GetParamaterAsText in the script, I have copied some of the script to show what I have done. Is there something I have not added when changing it to as script tool with 'GetParamaterAsText' as the script works when I hard code the inputs??

import arcpy, os, string, sys
#overwrite existing data if there
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
#check out the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")
#
Service_Areas = arcpy.GetParamaterAsText(0)
DEM = arcpy.GetParamaterAsText(1)
Mask_NOW = arcpy.GetParamaterAsText(2)
OutDirectory = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3)
#
arcpy.env.extent = Service_Areas
#cell size
arcpy.env.cellSize = DEM
#mask
arcpy.env.mask = Mask_NOW
GAslope = arcpy.sa.Slope(DEM, "PERCENT_RISE")
GAslope.save(OutDirectory + "\sloperaster.gdb\GAslope")

Thanks for any help! 🙂

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Sharynh
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/27483-module-object-has-no-attribute-GetParamaterAsText
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