Errata for Programming ArcGIS 10.

1 with Python Cookbook

Chapter 3

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Step 6:

Should be a wildcard (*) after Burg as follows:

layers = mapping.ListLayers(mxd, Burg*, df)

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Step 8:

Remove the double quote around Burg* so that it appears as follows:

layers = mapping.ListLayers(mxd, Burg*, df)

The print statement should be indented inside the for loop as seen below:

for layer in layers:

print layer.name

Page 57
Step 8:

Make sure the line that creates the layers variable and the next line that creates the for loop are
indented the same. It should appear as seen below.

layers = mapping.ListLayers(mxd, Crime Density by School District, df)

for layer in layers:

Chapter 4

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Step 5:

Should be Reference the Crime_DataLinksFixed.mxd mapdocument file:

mxd = mapping.MapDocument(rc:\ArcpyBook\Ch4\Crime_DataLinksFixed.mxd)

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Step 4:

Should be Reference the Crime_DataLinksLayer.mxd map document file:

mxd = mapping.MapDocument(rc:\ArcpyBook\Ch4\Crime_DataLinksLayer.mxd)
Chapter 5

Page 97
Step 5:

Add a colon to the end of the for loop

for el in mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, LEGEND_ELEMENT, *Crime*):

Page 104
Step 8:

Should be:
mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, rc:\ArcpyBook\Ch5\Map_DataFrameCrime.pdf, df)

Page 106
Step 7:

Should be:
mapping.ExportToJPEG(mxd, rc:\ArcpyBook\Ch5\DataFrameCrime2.jpg, df, world_file=True)

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Step 5:

Should be:
pdfDoc.appendPages(rc:\ArcpyBook\Ch5\DataFrameCrime.pdf)

Chapter 6

Page 123
Step 4:

Needs to include quotes around Streams_Buff and leave off the last double quote around Feet. So it
should be:
arcpy.Buffer_analysis(Streams.shp, Streams_Buff, 200 Feet)

Chapter 7

Page 129
Step 8:

Should be:
arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(os.path.split(outputFC)[0], os.path.split(outputFC)[1], point,
fClassTemplate)

Chapter 9
Pages 177, 178
Step 13 and 18

Should be:

with arcpy.da.InsertCursor

Instead of

with da.InsertCursor

Page 188-189
Step 8

Should be:

edit = arcpy.da.Editor(rc:\ArcpyBook\data\CityOfSanAntonio.gdb)

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Step 4:

Should be:

infc = c:/ArcpyBook/data/CityOfSanAntonio.gdb/SchoolDistricts

Chapter 10

Page 199
Step 7:

Should be:
except Exception as e:

Page 205
Step 9:

Should be:
exception Exception as e:

Page 207
Step 5:

Should be:
descWorkspace = arcpy.Describe(c:/ArcpyBook/data/CityOfSanAntonio.gdb)
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Step 8:

Should be:

exception Exception as e:

Chapter 11

Page 222
Step 17:

Should be:

def onClick(self)

arcpy.ImportToolbox(c:/ArcpyBook/Ch7/WildfireTools.tbx)

arcpy.LoadWildfires_wildfire()

Note: This can only be called if you completed Chapter 7 which had you create a script tool called
LoadWildfires. If you named the script tool something else youll need to update this code to whatever
you called the script tool. If you didnt complete the Chapter 7 exercise then you wont be able to test
this particular add-in. Thats ok though just find another script tool in ArcToolbox that you can execute
and use that instead. Just continue through the step so that you understand how to create the add-in.

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Step 12:

Should be: (note the changes to the indentation)

if arcpy.Exists(randompts.shp)

Arcpy.Delete_management(randompts.shp)

randompts = arcpy.CreateRandomPoints_management(arcpy.env.workspace, randompts.shp, ,

rectangle_geometry)

arcpy.RefreshActiveView

return randompts

Chapter 12

Page 242
Step 5:

Indentation is incorrect. Should be:

Except:

Print Error foundin Buffer tool \n

errCode = arcpy.GetReturnCode(3)

if str(errCode) in 735:

print Distance value not provided \n

print Running the buffer again with a default value \n

defaultDistance = 100 Feet

arcpy.Buffer_analysis(Streams.shp, Streams_Buff, defaultDistance)

print Buffer complete

Appendix B

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Step 4:

The file location has changed on this.