I am trying to incorporate ExtractMultiValuesToPoints tool into a workflow I am automating. I would like to have the script build the input parameters dynamically so that I can work with any number of raster inputs.
The resulting inRasterList variable I have created looks like this:
[["elev_gridElev_L1.tif", "elev_gridElev_L1"], ["elev_gridElev_L2.tif", "elev_gridElev_L2"], ["elev_gridElev_L3.tif", "elev_gridElev_L3"], ["elev_gridElev_L4.tif", "elev_gridElev_L4"]]
When I copy and paste this string into the tool call it performs as expected:
ExtractMultiValuesToPoints(pointFile, [["elev_gridElev_L1.tif", "elev_gridElev_L1"], ["elev_gridElev_L2.tif", "elev_gridElev_L2"], ["elev_gridElev_L3.tif", "elev_gridElev_L3"], ["elev_gridElev_L4.tif", "elev_gridElev_L4"]], "NONE")
If I replace the inRasterList with a variable name it fails with the following error:
inRasterList = [["elev_gridElev_L1.tif", "elev_gridElev_L1"], ["elev_gridElev_L2.tif", "elev_gridElev_L2"], ["elev_gridElev_L3.tif", "elev_gridElev_L3"], ["elev_gridElev_L4.tif", "elev_gridElev_L4"]]
ExtractMultiValuesToPoints(pointFile, inRasterList, "NONE")
arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid.
ERROR 000859: The required parameter Input rasters is empty, or is not the type of Extract Values.
If anyone recognizes this problem or has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. If I can't solve this I will have to abandon the use of this tool in my final product.
