I have a dynamic coded script that runs as a tool. It utilizes arcpy.mapping to add some files to an existing template and then update the layer's symbology and name. I want to be able to differentiate between a couple different layers that have the same geometry but different names. For example, there could be a Polyline file for a Assignment Break, as well as a Polyline file for a fire line file. This is the code that I have input so far (it isn't working).
code:
shapesList = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd_Update, "*_lyr", mainDataFrame_Update)
for shapes in shapesList:
type = arcpy.Describe(shapes).shapetype.upper()
name = arcpy.Describe(shapes).name.upper()
if type== "POLYGON" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*OLYGON*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, fire_perimeter)
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(shapes, "NEW_SELECTION")
mainDataFrame_Update.zoomToSelectedFeatures()
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(shapes, "CLEAR_SELECTION")
shapes.name = "Fire Perimeter"
if type== "POLYGON" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*NTENSE*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, intense_heat)
shapes.name = "Intense Heat"
if type== "POLYGON" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*CATTERED*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, scatter_heat)
shapes.name = "Scattered Heat"
if type== "POLYLINE" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*SSIGNMENT*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, assign_break)
shapes.name = "Assignment Break"
if type== "POLYLINE" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*IRE*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, fire_line)
shapes.name = "Fire Lines"
if type== "POINT" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*OINTS*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, fire_point)
shapes.name = "Fire Points"
if type== "POINT" and name== fnmatch.fnmatch(shapes, "*SOLATED*"):
arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(mainDataFrame_Update, shapes, iso_heat)
shapes.name = "Isolated Heat"
else:
print "no go fo sho tho"
A couple of basic questions... you can't use two (*) to grab a group of text from the middle of a string, correct? I can't really get my head wrapped around how I would use the m. functions in re to get this done... and I also can't use fnmatch because it isn't a filename, correct? Either way, I'm in over my head on this little bit
