I need to re-structure my script so the line & feature class creation happen in functions
rather than the being spelled out in the main part of my script. I then, need to separate
the function into a separate file and make the adjustments necessary in the main script to
allow it to still utilize the functions.
My script;
# Use a .txt file to generate a line shapefile
import arcpy
from collections import defaultdict
import pandas as pd
outFolder= "C:\\Data"
arcpy.env.workspace = outFolder
#Read textfile and store in dictionary
df = pd.read_csv(r"C:\\Data\\WalkingPaths.txt", header=None,names=["WalkingPath", "X", "Y"])
d = defaultdict(list)
for index, row in df.iterrows():
d[row["WellPath"]].append(arcpy.Point(row["X"],row["Y"]))
#Create feature class
fc = "WalkingPaths.shp"spatRef = arcpy.SpatialReference(26913)
arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(out_path=outFolder, out_name=fc, geometry_type = "POLYLINE", spatial_reference=spatRef)
arcpy.AddField_management (in_table = fc, field_name = "WalkingPath", field_type = "TEXT")
#Insert polylines and attribute
insertCursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor (fc, ["SHAPE@","WalkingPath"])
for ranch, points in d.iteritems(): #d.items() in python 3
insertCursor.insertRow([arcpy.Polyline(arcpy.Array(points)),ranch])
del insertCursor
