From the course: Learning ArcGIS Python Scripting (2018)
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Help for ArcPy - ArcGIS Tutorial
From the course: Learning ArcGIS Python Scripting (2018)
Help for ArcPy
- [Instructor] In order to get good at using the ArcPy module, it's necessary to get familiar with the help system. It'll be your best friend as you learn to write scripts to interact with GIS maps and data. There's a help system in idle and also a help system in ArcMap. To get help on any of the modules, load it into the interactive window. You use the help function. You first have to import the module. So for example, if I want help on this sys module I could say import sys and I type help and put sys in the parentheses. If you scroll way to the top, you can see it's quite a detailed help system. This help shows a list of all the objects, properties and methods that are available through the sys module. At the top there is a url link where you can get all of the help documentation for this particular module. To get help on any of the objects, you have to type help and in parentheses you put the object name but you have to preface it with the module that it comes from. So I can type…
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