In arcgis 10 and python I want to get the extent (xmax, ymax, xmin, ymin) info of each of the polygons in a shape file.

I can get the extent of the whole shape file using

That being said I know that we can create the X/Y, max/min using the function from http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm but it would be best if we can avoid having to add fields, especially if arcpy can get these values.

In ArcGIS 10 and Python I want to get the extent (xmax, ymax, xmin, ymin) info of each of the polygons in a shapefile.

I can get the extent of the whole shapefile using

That being said I know that we can create the X/Y, max/min using the function from http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm but it would be best if we can avoid having to add fields, especially if ArcPy can get these values.